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Manx - The Tailless Cats:
Timo and Matilda

Manx Cats

Q: I saw your tailless cats. Why they don't have tails?

A: We decided to write a special story about these special cats. They are rescues who came to us on January 31 this year. The pictures in the article feature our adorable Manx siblings: Timo (long-haired) and his sister Matilda (short-haired). They are very different in personality and looks, but they have at least 2 things in common: lack of tail and beautiful orange eyes. Timo is a big boy who likes to play with everybody. Matilda is a shy miniature girl, but she likes to eat a lot... so she is a bit chubby! She looks almost as big as her big-bone and fluffy brother.
Manx cats are a charming breed known for their lack of tails. Originating from the Isle of Man, they have a rich history and delightful personalities.

Learn about Manx Cats

Manx tailless Cat

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June 15: join us for our
Summer Plant Market Extravaganza!

June 15, 2024 - SATURDAY - Summer Plant Market

Saturday, June 15, 9 am - 4 pm

Hi there! Rain or shine, we're ready to make it a day to remember with fantastic deals just for you:

30% OFF online prices, one day only! (excluding those in 15 gallon sizes or larger).
Gift bags - arrive early! The first 25 customers will receive a special gift bag!
Secret Garden: Super savings area 50-70% off
$5 and $10: Discover many plants available at just $5 and $10.
Free plant with any purchase as a token of our appreciation

Reminder: Father's Day June 16

Bring your Father with you and load up with presents of garden goodness!

Event discounts valid at both locations:

Ft Myers Garden Center: 13890 Orange River, Ft Myers, FL
Sebring B-Farm: 9100 McRoy Rd, Sebring, FL

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to transform your garden and stay cool this summer. We can’t wait to see you there!

Kristi @ Top Tropicals

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To plant a seed is to believe in tomorrow

To plant a seed is to believe in tomorrow
🐈 "To plant a seed is to believe in tomorrow. Be patient and tend to it with care; in time, it will sprout and flourish." -  Audrey Hepburn 🐈

Good night🌜

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How to grow Noni tree for fruit?

Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit

Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit

Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit tree

Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit tree

Morinda citrifolia - Noni tree

Morinda citrifolia - Noni tree

Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit

Morinda citrifolia - Noni fruit

How to grow Noni tree for fruit?

💊 The medicinal Noni tree (see our earlier post) is one of the most suitable fruit trees for potting culture. A 1-3 gallon size plant will flower and fruit for you within a year.

Noni's special features:
  • ✅ flowers and fruits at young age, nearly year around.
  • ✅ tolerates shade and grows large ornamental leaves in filtered light.
  • ✅ suitable for indoor culture

    • - easy in cultivation, drought and water tolerant, not susceptible to insects.
  • ✅ medicinal properties are endless and cannot be under-appreciated.
  • ✅ This plant can be grown in any climate indoors, and will produce fruit for you under minimal care. Just provide warm frost-free conditions, as this tropical tree is very cold sensitive.


📚 Learn more: Morinda citrifolia - Noni. Life Sustaining Plant

🛒 Order Noni Tree

#Food_Forest #Remedies #How_to

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This cant be real! But it is

Strongylodon macrobotrys - Jade vine

👀 This can't be real! But it is.

🎥 Strongylodon macrobotrys - Jade vine, the flower you need to see to appreciate! Its beautiful seagreen/turquoise color is beyond description and is the rarest in the world of flowers.
Discover more breathtaking flowers, unusual plants and rare fruit - in TopTropicals channel.

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🛒 Shop Jade Vines

#Nature_Wonders

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What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

❤️ What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrums are one of the most favorite and rewarding flowering shrubs and vines for Southern landscape or indoor culture.
  • ❤️ Free flowering, bloom year around
  • ❤️ Undemanding and fast growing
  • ❤️ Take sun or shade
  • ❤️ Many species are fragrant
  • ❤️ Attract butterflies and birds
  • ❤️ Perfect for container culture, compact and manageable plants
  • ❤️ Cold tolerant, quickly recover from cold damage, respond well to pruning.


📚 Clerodendrums mentioned earlier: Seaside Clerodendrum, Red Bleeding Heart, Bleeding Heart Vine, Musical Note, Glory Bower.

🎥 Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

🛒 Shop Clerodendrums

#Butterfly_Plants #Hedges_with_benefits

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How to make plants green?

How to make plants green? How to make plants green? How to make plants green?
❓ How to make plants green? Give them some Superfood!

🍀 Pale or yellow leaves? Green veins on yellow leaves? How to improve that look? Any special fertilizer?

  • ✅ Leaf chlorosis or in other words "iron deficiency", especially during wet rainy weather - may be not harmful to the plant but bad for the looks.

  • ✅ This deficiency can be corrected with microelement applications - Sunshine Superfood.

  • ✅ Use Sunshine Superfood once a week to correct the iron deficiency that usually goes away within a month.

  • ✅ Then maintain plants health with monthly applications.

  • ✅ It is beneficial to use microelements in combination with regular applications of health boosting fertilizer such as Sunshine Robusta.


🛒 Shop Sunshine Superfood

#Fertilizers #How_to

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Flamingo pink with a fruity fragrance, yet another variety

Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper

🦩 Flamingo pink with a fruity fragrance, yet another variety...
  • 💕 This is a single-flower variety of Quisqualis we mentioned earlier.
  • 💕 Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper - is an extremely beautiful plant.
  • 💕 Shrubby vine with pale-pink to deep crimson star shaped flowers, covering the entire plant when in full bloom.
  • 💕 It's scent is unforgettable, fruity and intoxicating...
  • 💕 The flowers are born in clusters and each flower has many variations of color, depending on how old the flower is.
  • 💕 The flower starts out white and or pink striped and turn solid pink and finally dark pink on maturity.
  • 💕 Can grow into large woody vine covering a fence or big trellis.


🛒 Get your own Quisqualis vine

#Butterfly_Plants #Perfume_Plants #Hedges_with_benefits

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When you grew up, but your favorite bed didnt

🐈🐈🐈 "When you grew up, but your favorite bed didn't..."

Good night🌜

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What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree flower

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree flower

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree

🌳 What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?
  • 🌸 Orchid trees that we mentioned earlier are one of the most popular shade trees in Southern gardens.
  • 🌸 Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree - is the most beautiful of all orchid trees.
  • 🌸 It has the largest flowers, brightly colored.
  • 🌸 Winter bloomer.
  • 🌸 Starts flowering in very small size, when only 2-3 ft tall.
  • 🌸 Very fast growing.


📚 Learn more: Bauhinias - trees with Orchid Flowers and Butterfly Wings
🎥 YouTube Video: Hong Kong Orchid Tree

🛒 Plant a Tree

#Quotes #Trees

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