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Stop! Dont touch! Just smell that magic fragrance

Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis sp)

🌵 Stop! Don't touch! Just smell that magic fragrance... 😭
  • 💠 Easter Lily Cactus (Echinopsis sp) is native to Brazil and Argentina. It is a globular cactus that produces splendid night-blooming, white fragrant flowers up to 10" long!
  • 💠 Big, white or pink, fragrant blooms.
  • 💠 Flowers open at night or early morning, creating a magical experience.
  • 💠 Blooms last only a day or two, making each one special.
  • 💠 Cool shapes: unique, spiny, ribbed bodies come in different forms and sizes.
  • 💠 Easy Care: low-maintenance, very little water, lots of sunlight, and well-draining soil. Adapted to survive in harsh, dry environments, it can take both drought (obviously - cactus) and rainy seasons (like we have in Florida).
  • 💠 Great for water-saving gardens and container culture.
  • 💠 Many species and hybrids to collect, with a range of colors and forms.


❓ What other cactus species with fragrant flowers do you know? Share in comments👇

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Top 5 recommended vigorous Mango tree varieties, reliable producers

Mango Glenn

Mango Glenn

Mango Pim Seng Mun

Mango Pim Seng Mun

Mango Sweet Tart

Mango Sweet Tart

Mango Fruit Punch

Mango Fruit Punch

Mango Orange Sherbet

Mango Orange Sherbet

🥭 Top 5 recommended vigorous Mango tree varieties, reliable producers.
  • 🟠 1. Glenn - Excellent eating quality, consistent production, and effortless to grow.
  • 🟠 2. Pim Seng Mun - extremely productive mango.
  • 🟠 3. Sweet Tart - New patented variety - exclusive offer.
  • 🟠 4. Fruit Punch - Multi fruit flavor, delicious!
  • 🟠 5. Orange Sherbet - One of the best new varieties for backyard growing. Flavor is sweet citrus-orange and less lemony than Lemon Meringue mango. The tree is moderately vigorous.


❓What is your favorite Mango variety? Share in comments 👇

📝 See also earlier posts:
5 most Favorite Mango Varieties
Top 10 Dwarf "Condo" Mango

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This is not a Photoshop! It is a true color of Plumeria

Rainbow Plumeria

🌈 This is not a Photoshop! It is a true color of Plumeria. Such multi-color varieties are called Rainbow Plumeria.

The season started and we have lots of fragrant and colorful blooms on our Plumerias that we introduced earlier.

Some of the colors are just beyond description!

Plumeria, or Frangipani - is a symbol of Hawaiian Tropics and the most favorite perfume flower.

🛒 Choose from fantastic colors of Plumeria

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2 most favorite flowering trees for small yards

Tabebuia chrysotricha - Dwarf Golden Tabebuia tree

Tabebuia chrysotricha - Dwarf Golden Tabebuia tree

Tabebuia chrysotricha - Dwarf Golden Tabebuia flowers

Tabebuia chrysotricha - Dwarf Golden Tabebuia flowers

Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia tree

Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia tree

Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia flowers

Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia flowers

🌸 2 most favorite flowering trees for small yards

❓ What tree to plant when you have a limited space? Two winners under 20 ft will fit any garden setting:

💛 Tabebuia chrysotricha - Dwarf Golden Tabebuia

💗 Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia
  • ✔️ These two small trees are spectacular bloomers in late winter to spring. The leafless trees are covered with bright flowers - yellow and pink. The flowers cover these trees completely, before new leaves appear.
  • ✔️ They both are great or container culture. Perfect for small yard or patio.
  • ✔️ Hardy and easy to grow.


🎥 Video of spectacular Tabebuia bloom in earlier post

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The truth about Ladybugs in your garden life

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🐞 The truth about Ladybugs in your garden life

❓ Q: I have Ladybugs in my garden, I wonder if they are eating my plants? Do I need to get rid of them?

  • 🐞 Ladybug (Harmonia axyridis) is, in fact, one of the best insects you can find in your garden, it is a natural predator that takes care of many bad bugs, including aphids

  • 🐞 Keep Ladybugs happy and bring them to your garden!

  • 🐞 Ladybugs actually are cultivated as natural pest control, and you can even buy them for your yard, instead of chemicals!


📸
  1. Love life of Ladybugs
  2. Ladybug larvae eating aphids.
  3. One of our #PeopleCats, "innocent" Ladybug (a.k.a. Bug) is wondering who else she can bug next...


    4. #How_to

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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🌜

📸 😺 👇 Share your cats in comments!

🐾 More #PeopleCats in our Garden:
PeopleCats.Garden

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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

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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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