🧁 1000 times sweeter than sugar! How to eat sweets without sugar.

🌱 Lippia dulcis - Aztec Sweet Herb, Sweetleaf - is the answer for sugar-free diet. And it's perfectly tasty, and sweeter than Stevia!

• 🍭 This is a Mexican herb with an incredibly sweet leaf.
• 🍭 Leaves can be eaten from the plant like candy or tossed into fruit salads for an unusual addition.
• 🍭 Medicinal tea: it is used since the time of the Aztecs for coughs and colds.

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💻 "Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the soul." - Luther Burbank

📸 Plumeria (mentioned earlier) is one of the most beautiful and desired perfume flowers. It makes you happy.

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🍑 "A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not." - Ernest Hemingway

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⭐️ How to grow your own Carambola

Star Fruit - Carambola Tree (Averrhoa carambola). Growing this tree is a fun and rewarding way to enjoy this unique and delicious fruit right at home.

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  🌟 Star power: slice it, and you get perfect star-shaped pieces for impressing guests or adding some sparkle to your fruit salad. Bright yellow and shiny, the fruit adds a pop of color to any dish. Great in salads, smoothies, desserts, or even as a garnish. Endless possibilities!
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  🌟 Nature's candy and low-calorie treat: a delightful mix of sweet and tangy flavors packed with juicy goodness, a refreshing way to stay hydrated. Guilt-free snacking with hardly any calories. Snack away!
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  🌟 Health benefits: Star fruit is loaded with Vitamin C. Good source of dietary fiber, keeps things moving smoothly. Packed with antioxidants to help fight off those pesky free radicals.
• 
  🌟 Cultivation of the tree is easy:

• ▪️ Loves full sun. Plant it in a sunny spot for the best fruit.
• ▪️Keep warm and protect from winds. Thrives in warm, tropical climates, but can take some light frost winters as long as protected from winds, wind-free is the key!
• ▪️Prefers well-drained soil. Keep it happy with good drainage.
• ▪️Regular watering but doesn't like soggy feet.
• ▪️Space saver: compact tree that doesn't take up much space. Perfect for smaller gardens. Dwarf varieties available, good for containers.
• ▪️Fast grower: grows quickly. You'll be harvesting star fruit in no time!
• ▪️Pretty blooms: produces lovely pink flowers. Adds beauty to your garden even before the fruit comes.
• ▪️Home harvest: enjoy fresh, home-grown star fruit. Pick them right off the tree!
• ▪️Fast-fruiting: seedlings start fruiting within 3 years from seed. Grafted or air-layered trees fruit right away.

📚 Learn more: Carambola tree is the Star of the orchard

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⭐️ How to grow your own Carambola

Star Fruit - Carambola Tree (Averrhoa carambola). Growing this tree is a fun and rewarding way to enjoy this unique and delicious fruit right at home.

• 🌟 Star power: slice it, and you get perfect star-shaped pieces for impressing guests or adding some sparkle to your fruit salad. Bright yellow and shiny, the fruit adds a pop of color to any dish. Great in salads, smoothies, desserts, or even as a garnish. Endless possibilities!
• 🌟 Nature's candy and low-calorie treat: a delightful mix of sweet and tangy flavors packed with juicy goodness, a refreshing way to stay hydrated. Guilt-free snacking with hardly any calories. Snack away!
• 🌟 Health benefits: Star fruit is loaded with Vitamin C. Good source of dietary fiber, keeps things moving smoothly. Packed with antioxidants to help fight off those pesky free radicals.
• 🌟 Cultivation of the tree is easy:

• ▪️ Loves full sun. Plant it in a sunny spot for the best fruit.
• ▪️Keep warm and protect from winds. Thrives in warm, tropical climates, but can take some light frost winters as long as protected from winds, wind-free is the key!
• ▪️Prefers well-drained soil. Keep it happy with good drainage.
• ▪️Regular watering but doesn't like soggy feet.
• ▪️Space saver: compact tree that doesn't take up much space. Perfect for smaller gardens. Dwarf varieties available, good for containers.
• ▪️Fast grower: grows quickly. You'll be harvesting star fruit in no time!
• ▪️Pretty blooms: produces lovely pink flowers. Adds beauty to your garden even before the fruit comes.
• ▪️Home harvest: enjoy fresh, home-grown star fruit. Pick them right off the tree!

📚 Learn more: Carambola tree is the Star of the orchard

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🦇 Would you like a Bat Head?

The Bat Head Lily we mentioned earlier - is blooming again!

🙈 Bat Head Lily, Bat Flower, Devil Flower or Tacca Lily - is one of the most exotic and bizarre flowers along with Amorphophallus, Sausage Tree and Clitoria.

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💌 "You've got mail" - Timo says.

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🏆 The best tropical fruit tree for container growing, and the fastest to fruit: Annona.

🍏 Annonas (Annona sp) are very much loved tropical fruit. The fruit has smooth, creamy flesh, just like a natural custard - hence one of the common names - "Custard Apple". Growing an Annona tree is a rewarding experience, its a small compact tree that will let you enjoy its creamy and exotic fruit right away.

The best tropical tree suited for container growing, due to its small height. It can be maintained within 6-8 ft tall.

The fastest fruiting tree: 2-3-4 years from seed to fruit, depending on species.

Most species are deciduous: drop leaves during winter-spring.

Thrives in frost-free climate. Some species are cold hardier than others. Container culture is a good way to cold protect these beautiful small trees.

❤️ 6 top most popular Annonas:

• ▪️ Rollinia (Rollinia deliciosa) - the biggest Annona fruit and the most showy
• ▪️ Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa) - the most popular
• ▪️ Guanabana (Annona muricata) - the most cold sensitive but the fruit is so tasty!
• ▪️ Pineapple Annona Golden (Annona costaricana) - cold hardy and easy to grow
• ▪️ Custard Apple (Annona reticulata) - with red flesh
• ▪️ Mountain Soursop or Hedgehog (Annona montana) - mentioned earlier, cold hardy

📚 Learn more:
Horoscope for Guanabana tree
Hedgehog Mountain Soursop - Annona montana
How to grow and hand-pollinate Guanabana Tree indoors (PDF)

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⚡️ Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

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  💜 Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta - is a perfect flowering bush or hedge for the shady garden.
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  💜 Ever-blooming: Perfect for a continuously blooming hedge.
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  💜 Dense shrub: Bushy, fast-growing, and ideal for mixed beds or medium-to-low hedges.
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  💜 Beautiful flowers: flowers resemble morning glories, with common varieties having rich purple petals and yellow throats.
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  💜 Attractive foliage: Small, dark green leaves.
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  💜 Climber relatives: Unlike many Thunbergia species, this one is a sprawling shrub.
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  💜 Pruning responsive: Can be shaped into a dense hedge, pruning promotes flowering.
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  💜 Sun or shade: Prefers bright light and well-drained soil, but will also bloom in partial shade.
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  💜 Colors: comes in dark blue, white, and the unique, vigorous variegated variety - 'Lavender Ice'.

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⚡️ Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

• 💜 Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta - is a perfect flowering bush or hedge for the shady garden.
• 💜 Ever-blooming: Perfect for a continuously blooming hedge.
• 💜 Dense shrub: Bushy, fast-growing, and ideal for mixed beds or medium-to-low hedges.
• 💜 Beautiful flowers: flowers resemble morning glories, with common varieties having rich purple petals and yellow throats.
• 💜 Attractive foliage: Small, dark green leaves.
• 💜 Climber relatives: Unlike many Thunbergia species, this one is a sprawling shrub.
• 💜 Pruning responsive: Can be shaped into a dense hedge, pruning promotes flowering.
• 💜 Sun or shade: Prefers bright light and well-drained soil, but will also bloom in partial shade.
• 💜 Colors: comes in dark blue, white, and the unique, vigorous variegated variety - 'Lavender Ice'.

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