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How to double your Gold

Allamanda williamsii - Stansils Double Gold

💰 How to double your Gold
  • 💛 Allamanda williamsii - Stansils Double Gold has unusual double flowers! This vining shrub can be very compact unlike common Allamanda vines (that can become quite massive). You can trim it into a small bush, or let it grow over a fence or trellis.
  • 💛 Stansils Double Gold is very attractive ever-blooming vine with bright yellow double trumpet-like flowers 3" wide, slightly fragrant, blooming year-round.
  • 💛 Grows well in most soils. Keep fairly dry during winter and prune in spring before growth begins.


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How to get a fountain of fragrant flowers in no time

Clerodendrum minahasse - Fountain Clerodendrum

⛲️ How to get a fountain of fragrant flowers in no time

Clerodendrums are that we mentioned earlier are all-time favorites for Southern landscape or indoor culture. Today's hero -
  • 🌟 Clerodendrum minahasse - Fountain Clerodendrum, a dense, beautiful bush with beautiful, cascading, fragrant flowers.
  • 🌟 It grows very fast, especially the second year, turning into a cascading display of fragrant flowers almost year around.
  • 🌟 Takes both sun and shade, as most Clerodendrums.
  • 🌟 It is a rare and hard to propagate plant.


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What is our most favorite Ginger plant? African Princess!

Costus fissiligulatus - African Princess, Cameroon Costus

🎀 What is our most favorite Ginger plant? African Princess!
  • 👸 The most beautiful Ginger flower, in our opinion, is Costus fissiligulatus - African Princess, or Cameroon Costus - an amazing flowering Ginger from Gabon in West Africa.
  • 👸 Dazzling pink trumpet flower with a yellow throat. It is very floriferous with an inflorescence of numerous flower buds.
  • 👸 Low-growing plant only 3-4 ft that stands very erect.
  • 👸 Easy grower with similar growing requirements to other gingers.


💻 What is your most favorite ginger? Share in comments!

📚 Gingers from previous posts:
Most interesting edible gingers
5 most spectacular Ginger species
How to French Kiss the Red Button Ginger

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Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper

😍 How to cover an ugly spot with a fragrance and and beauty, stop and smell the roses
  • 🌹 Our Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper - has grown over a roof of our water treatment system (which wasn't the prettiest view!). Now every time we pass by we have to "stop and smell the roses". It is so beautiful, and it does smell like roses!
  • 🌹 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.


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ow this Raspberry ginger became spiral

Costus vargasii - Spiral Ginger Raspberry Yogurt

😵 How this Raspberry ginger became spiral
  • 🍓Spectacular! Costus vargasii - Spiral Ginger Raspberry Yogurt
  • 🍓This interesting name refers to the colorful raspberry colored stem, but that's not the only colorful thing about this Spiraling Ginger.
  • 🍓The leaves are dark green, long and glossy with velvety deep purple undersides.
  • 🍓The inflorescence is a vivid red with tight bracts and bold yellow flowers.
  • 🍓The butterflies love to drink the nectar from the flowers.
  • 🍓This is a large vigorous ginger, the spirals are growing up to 5-6 ft tall!


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How to get an easy and showy butterfly attracting bush

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder, flower

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder, flower

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder flowering

Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder flowering

💛 How to get an easy and showy butterfly attracting bush 🦋
  • 🐝 Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder is a great everblooming bush or a small tree for your butterfly garden.
  • 🐝 Golden Blooms: Bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that light up your garden with vibrant color.
  • 🐝 Pollinator's Delight: Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, adding lively visitors to your garden.
  • 🐝 Drought-Tolerant: Tough and resilient, perfect for sunny spots and low-water gardens.
  • 🐝 Long Blooming: Flowers almost all year round, providing continuous bursts of sunshine.
  • 🐝 Compact Size: Ideal for small spaces or containers, fitting nicely into any garden layout.
  • 🐝 Easy Care: Low-maintenance and hardy to light freeze, great for gardeners of all experience levels.
  • 🐝 Lush Greenery: Rich green foliage that stays beautiful all year, even when not in bloom.
  • 🐝 Tropical Charm: Adds a bright, tropical feel, making every day feel like a sunny getaway.


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Why is it called Hamburger Bean? Just look at the hamburgers!

Yellow Jade vine (Mucuna sloanei)

🍔 Why is it called Hamburger Bean? Just look at the hamburgers!

🟨 Yellow Jade vine (Mucuna sloanei) turned out to be a heavy bloomer and a heavy producer of hamburgers! Check out the crop at the end of the video.

📚 Previous posts:
Green (turquoise) Jade vine
Yellow Jade Vine
Purple Jade Vine

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How to grow Lobster Claw

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

How to grow Lobster Claw
💅 How to grow Lobster Claw
  • 🦞 Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak is one of the most recognized and widely grown tropical plants, and one of the most beautiful!
  • 🦞 The inflorescence is one of the most colorful you will ever encounter.
  • 🦞 The flowers last a long time and make an excellent cut flower.
  • 🦞 It is an easy grower in tropical areas but some room is required because the stalks can reach 7 feet in height.
  • 🦞 Pretty cold hardy, it can withstand temperatures in the high 20s F.
  • 🦞 Can be grown in large pots in colder areas.


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What is Mickey Mouse Plant?

Ochna integerrima - Vietnamese Mickey Mouse plant, Hoa Mai

Ochna integerrima - Vietnamese Mickey Mouse plant, Hoa Mai

⚡️What is Mickey Mouse Plant?

🐭 Ochna integerrima - Vietnamese Mickey Mouse plant, Hoa Mai.
  • ⭕️ Its seeds and sepals resemble the face of Mickey Mouse, hence the common name.
  • ⭕️ Hoa Mai, also known as Yellow Mai Flower, is the quintessential symbol of Spring in Vietnam, especially during the Tet celebration.
  • ⭕️ "Hoa Mai" translates to "yellow blossoms," highlighting the bright yellow flowers that bloom during Tet.
  • ⭕️ Ochna integerrima is a medium-sized shrub that can be trained into a miniature tree, making it a prized plant for exotic collections.
  • ⭕️ In winter, it is covered with bright yellow flowers, which are believed to bring good luck and prosperity during the Tet celebration.


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What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?

Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra

Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra

Aphelandra squarrosa - White Zebra Plant

Aphelandra squarrosa - White Zebra Plant

Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen

Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen

Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle

Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle

💐 What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?
  • 🚩 Aphelandra is hands down one of the best solutions for a shade garden where you want to see more colors. It is a great addition to a collectible tropical butterfly garden, can grow into 4-5" tall bushy specimen. Tolerates both sun and shade.
  • 🚩Aphelandras have beautiful lush foliage and showy, long terminal inflorescences throughout the warm season.
  • 🚩These flowers are loved by hummingbirds.
  • 🚩Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra. Yellow flowers emerge out of long orange stalks in the fall time. Pretty and unusual!
  • 🚩Aphelandra squarrosa Dania (Snow White) - White Zebra Plant. It is also one of the best house plants, not only pretty because of its white-veined "Zebra" foliage, but also for the apical inflorescence with its beautiful yellow bracts.
  • 🚩Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen, has extremely tropical look and fragrant flowers of unusual color combination: orange and pink.
  • 🚩Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle - a rare hybrid with bright red flowers


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Panama Queen
How to grow Zebra in container?

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