How to French Kiss the Red Button Ginger. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
How to French Kiss the Red Button Ginger
Costus spicatus x woodsonii - Red Button Ginger, French Kiss
Costus spicatus x woodsonii - Red Button Ginger, French Kiss
⚡️ #Fun_Facts:How to French Kiss the Red Button Ginger
💋 Costus spicatus x woodsonii(Red Button Ginger, French Kiss): this ginger's inflorescence resembles a cluster of bright red buttons, making it a standout in tropical gardens.
👀 “A garden without cats... can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all... much of the magic of the heather beds would vanish if, as we bent over them, there was no chance that we might hear a faint rustle among the blossoms, and find ourselves staring into a pair of sleepy green eyes 👀”
― Beverley Nichols, Garden Open Tomorrow
Share your cats in your garden in comments! 📸 🐈🐈🐈👇
💋Orchids culture is different from garden ornamental plants. They are epiphytes, so you cannot use regular garden fertilizer on orchids, because they are very sensitive to salts.
💋Orchids need a special, acidic type of fertilizer, very mild in action.
💋Sunshine Boosters formula is exactly what orchids need. It is amino-acid based, very mild, and doesn't create nutrient lock up (building up salts is one of the biggest enemies of tender orchids). Sunshine Boosters Orchidasm Complete Feed is scientifically balanced orchid food that contains all necessary nutrients, including micro-elements, for healthy, happy, vigorous orchids.
💋 Sunshine Orchidasm can be used as often as daily with every foliage spray.
💋From our testing experience, after using Orchidasm Booster, orchids not only get happy and thriving - they also bloom more often - up to several times a year, shooting new flower spikes one after another (while normal blooming cycle for most orchids is once a year). It gets even better - the flower display lasts twice longer!
😊To enjoy beautiful Orchid flowers year around - treat them with Love, give them some Orchidasm!
What is a Snake Plant. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
What is a Snake Plant
Sansevieria cylindrica - Snake Plant
Sansevieria cylindrica - Snake Plant
Sansevieria cylindrica - Snake Plant flowers
⚡️ What is a Snake Plant
🐍 Sansevieria cylindrica (Snake Plant) is known for its cylindrical, upright leaves that add a tough and architectural element to modern interior design. Not everyone knows that it also has sweetly perfumed flowers, which open only at night, emitting a delightful fragrance. This drought-tolerant plant is perfect for indoor growing and xeriscaping.
How to protect fruit in your garden from greedy competitors. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
How to protect fruit in your garden from greedy competitors
Mango Orange Essence fruiting
Fruit bags
Squirrel
🐰🐁🐿 How to protect fruit in your garden from greedy competitors
Mango season is here, and so are squirrels, bunnies, birds, rats, and raccoons... They also love the delicious fruit but don't like to share. So you may end up getting their leftovers if anything!
Here is how we protect our mango and avocado fruit - so far it works great:
💰💰💰 Fruit Protection Bags
These mesh netting bags/covers are made of strong nylon and have an easy drawstring, helping to protect developing fruit on a tree from insects, birds, and rodents. With drawstring closures on both ends, you can easily tighten bag around the fruit. Available from Amazon for only 15 cents a piece.
How does Zig-Zag Cactus grow. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
How does Zig-Zag Cactus grow
⚡️ How does Zig-Zag Cactus grow
Cryptocereus anthonyanus (Zig-Zag Cactus) has zigzag-shaped stems and beautiful night-blooming flowers that make it a fascinating addition to cactus collections.
Cryptocereus anthonyanus (Zig-Zag Cactus) has zigzag-shaped stems and beautiful night-blooming flowers that make it a fascinating addition to cactus collections.
How to have fresh Papaya fruit year around. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.
How to have fresh Papaya fruit year around
Papaya fruit: Waimanalo, Sunrise, Maradol
Papaya tree
🍊 How to have fresh Papaya fruit year around
🟠 Many people include Papaya fruit in their daily diet because of its healing properties for digestive system. You can eat Papaya fresh as a tasty dessert, add to salads ripe or green, use fruit and leaf wraps in cooking - possibilities are endless.
🟠 Buying papaya fruit from the store every day can become costly. So you can plant your own tree - Papayas are heavy producers. But like with many fruit trees, the question may arise:
❓ What to do with so many fruit at once, and where to get the fruit when it's out of season?
🟠 The answer is: plant several varieties. Different Papaya cultivars, similar to Mango and Avocado, have different crop seasons.
🟠 If you want to enjoy fresh delicious Papaya fruit year around, plant several Papaya varieties in your garden that have different ripening times.
For example: Waimanalo - ripens from July to October and sporadically throughout the year. Sunrise - ripens from January through September and sporadically throughout the year. Maradol - ripens from August through March and sporadically throughout the year.
🟠 Papaya tree doesn't take any room in your garden: similar to a palm tree, all its leaves/crown is up high, so you can plant as many trees as you want in a very limited space and still use the room under Papaya tree for other plants.
🎉 Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra - is the only tree form of Powderpuff. It quickly grows into a bushy beautiful tree in just one season, and fluffy pink flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies year around