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What is lipstick made of?

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote

💋 What is lipstick made of? Lipstick plant!
  • 💄Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto or Achiote - is a bushy shrub or a small tree South America with large, impressive leaves, charming pink flowers and amazing... seeds! It is used in various industries, including cosmetics and culinary arts.
  • 💄Natural Pigment: The seeds of the Bixa plant contain a natural pigment called annatto, which ranges in color from yellow to deep orange-red.
  • 💄Cosmetic Use: Annatto is commonly used in cosmetics, including lipstick, due to its vibrant coloration. It adds shades of red and orange to cosmetic products. Extract derived from the Bixa seeds is mixed with other ingredients to achieve desired shades. It provides a natural alternative to synthetic dyes.
  • 💄Famous spice Annatto is widely used as a spice in cooking, particularly in Latin American, Caribbean, and Filipino cuisines.
  • 💄Flavor and color: It imparts a mild, slightly peppery flavor and is prized for its ability to add a rich, yellow-orange color to dishes such as rice, stews, and sauces.
  • 💄Health benefits: Beyond its culinary use, annatto seeds have medicinal properties, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
  • 💄Flower arrangements: The dried seed pods add a unique touch to flower arrangements, enhancing their visual appeal.
  • 💄Hedge or screen: Ideal for use as a hedge or screen, Bixa requires frequent pruning to encourage bushy growth at the base.


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Why is it called Passion flower and Passion fruit?

Passion flower - Passiflora

Passion flower - Passiflora

Passion fruit - Passiflora

Passion fruit - Passiflora

Passion fruit - Passiflora

Passion fruit - Passiflora

☸️ The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit.
  • 🪷 Passion vines, passion flowers, and passion fruits - these are all Passiflora - fascinating plants with a rich history. These vines come from tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.
  • 🪷 Medicinal: Various parts of the passion vine have been used in traditional medicine to treat ailments such as anxiety, insomnia, and hypertension.
  • 🪷 Host for Butterflies: Passion vines serve as host plants for several butterfly species.
  • 🪷 Passion of Christ: the passion flower's complex structure with five sepals, five petals often used to symbolize the Passion of Christ in Christian tradition. Spanish Christian missionaries in South America saw the flower's structure as a representation of Christ's crucifixion, which led to the name Passion Flower.
  • 🪷 Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) - Maracuya - is highly nutritious, rich in vitamins A and C, fiber, and antioxidants.
  • 🪷 Delicious pulp: the fruit is popular in many cuisines around the world, used in beverages, desserts.
  • 🪷 Two main types of passion fruit: the purple sweeter variety (Passiflora edulis) and the yellow variety larger and more acidic (Passiflora x flavicarpa).
  • 🪷 Fast growing vine in no time: known for their rapid growth, Passifloras need strong support as they can quickly cover large areas.


📚 Learn more: The Passion Fruit – Juicy Maracuya

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How to grow Popcorn with pretty flowers

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia)

🍿 How to grow Popcorn with pretty flowers
  • 🌽 Cassia didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia) is a fun plant! When rubbed, its leaves emit a scent similar to buttered popcorn, hence its name.
  • 🌽 It blooms with beautiful large clusters of sunny yellow flowers.
  • 🌽 Perfect fast growing flowering shrub - ideal for places where you want to see a showy, pretty plant quickly
  • 🌽 Butterfly magnet - one of the favorite flowers for all kinds of butterflies! Everyone who is working on a butterfly garden, plants Popcorn Cassia🦋


🛒 Order Popcorn Cassia

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Why red flowers are so attractive?

Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap, Nasturtium Bauhinia

❓ Why red flowers are so attractive? ❤️

💋 If red is your favorite color for flowers, this is your plant!👇
  • ❤️ Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia - belongs to Orchid trees that we mentioned earlier. But this one has very unusual color of flowers for Bauhinias: bright red or scarlet!
  • ❤️ Native to South Africa, this is a woody, vining shrub that also can be trained into a small tree, reaching 6-10 ft in height.
  • ❤️ As a all orchid trees it has deep green, bilobed leaves are resembling butterfly wings.
  • ❤️ Blooms almost year around, from Summer through late Fall, with vibrant orange-red, resembling those of nasturtiums, coming in clusters. Well-known for its stunning floral display.
  • ❤️ Hardy, low-maintenance, drought-tolerant once established. Prefers full sun but can tolerate partial shade.
  • ❤️ Attracts butterflies and bees


🛒 Order Pride of De Kaap

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What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?

Tabernaemontana divaricata - Pinwheel Jasmine, Crape Jasmine

🤔 What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?
  • 💮 Tabernaemontana divaricata, also known as Pinwheel Jasmine or Crape Jasmine, is a true garden gem, blooming year-round to bring constant beauty to your outdoor space.
  • 💮 This cute bush can be also shaped into a small tree.
  • 💮 It looks beautiful beneath palms or trees.
  • 💮 Blooms year-round with pretty, white, pinwheel-shaped flowers.
  • 💮 Needs bright light for profuse blooming, but can tolerate shade conditions.
  • 💮 Makes your garden look stunning all year around.


🛒Get Pinwheel Jasmine

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What is Nescafe Coffee made from?

Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine

☕️ What is Nescafe Coffee made from? Purple Jade.

💜 Earlier we mentioned Green Jade Vine and Yellow Jade Vine. This one is purple!
  • 🫘 Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine has unusual royal purple flowers. The dark violet blooms appear closely pushed together in grape like clusters, up to 1 ft long and 6" in diameter.
  • 🫘 The seeds known as mucuna beans or Nescafe and used as a coffee substitute.
  • 🫘 It has been used for generations in India as a medicinal plant.
  • 🫘 Very vigorous woody tree creeper - during warmer weather this vine can grow 2 feet a day!
  • 🫘 Related to red Jade vine (Mucuna bennettii).


🛒 Order Nescafe Vine

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Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

⚡️ 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'.


🛒 Shop King's Mantle

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Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta purple

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta purple

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta Lavender Lace Variegated

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta Lavender Lace Variegated

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta White

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta White

⚡️ 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'.


🛒 Shop King's Mantle

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Why is it called Clock Vine?

Thunbergia mysorensis - Clock Vine

Thunbergia mysorensis - Clock Vine

Thunbergia mysorensis - Clock Vine

👁 Why is it called Clock Vine? It will cover a Pagoda in NO TIME!
  • 🕰 Thunbergia mysorensis - Clock Vine - is a stunning vine originating from India.
  • 🕰 Vibrant yellow flowers with a dark mauve border, of a unique, eye-catching shape.
  • 🕰 Supposedly, it is called the Clock Vine because the flowers hang down in a regular, clock-like pattern around the vine. This consistent and orderly arrangement of the blooms resembles the numbers on a clock face, giving the plant its charming and unique name. Do you see it in the flower?
  • 🕰 The blooms hang in cascading clusters, creating a spectacular display that can beautifully drape over a trellis or pagoda.
  • 🕰 Attaracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
  • 🕰 Though it's one of the most popular species among garden enthusiasts, its rarity adds an element of exclusivity to any garden lucky enough to host it.


🛒 Shop flowering vines

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Breaking news: flower smells of freshly baked bread! It smells so good, you want to eat it!

Vallaris glabra - Bread Flower

🍞 Breaking news: flower smells of freshly baked bread! It smells so good, you want to eat it!
  • 🍔 Vallaris glabra - Bread Flower - is one of the most impressive tropical vines that is very popular in Thailand and other South-East Asia countries.
  • 🍔 Moderate growth woody climber with clusters of freshly-baked-bread fragrant white flowers.
  • 🍔 Easy to care and tolerates wide range of conditions. It can be trained as a compact bush and is good for container culture.
  • 🍔 Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
  • 🍔 Relatively cold hardy, mild frost doesn't do any damage to it, even large tropical leaves stay glossy, green and healthy.
  • 🍔 It is very vigorous grower that can create nice privacy hedge or cover a large fence.


❓ Have you smelled the Bread Flower? Did you like the fragrance? Share in comments👇

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