Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Why Strawberry Tree is called Cotton Candy
Strawberry Tree, Cotton Candy (Muntingia calabura)
- 🍓The Strawberry Tree, also known as Cotton Candy (Muntingia calabura), is a fruit lover's dream!
- 🍓 Its pretty white flowers resemble those of a strawberry plant, giving it its name. The fruits are super sweet, with no acidity, earning it the "Cotton Candy" nickname.
- 🍓 This fast-growing tree is incredibly rewarding, producing two crops a day from spring to fall!
- 🍓 It’s easy to grow, drought-tolerant, and fruits right away even in containers - just watch out for frost if you're outside the tropics.
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What fruit tree will produce right away?
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How to have the Deep Purple mood year around
Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry
- 🟣 Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry - a favorite of shade garden landscapers. This thin, fuzzy, rippled leaf Calathea is very attractive as well as durable. A purple leaf back adds to this plants rich color and texture.
- 🟣 The upper foliage of Calathea rufibarba is semi-glossy, and olive green. The under side of the foliage, along with the stems are rich burgundy to deep purple!
- 🟣 The stems are covered with fine purplish-brown hairs.
- 🟣 Place your Deep Purple Calathea in bright filtered or indirect light.
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Im so tired, I could sleep standing up in a hurricane
😶 Get a good rest tonight. Good night...
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Top 10 fast-fruiting trees:
Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea)
#10. Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea)
Peanut Butter Tree, earns its name from its fleshy fruits that boast a delightful peanut butter flavor. Compact in size, small tree reaching only 10-15 ft or kept as a bush, it's a perfect choice for limited spaces. Can thrive indoors, starting to fruit within just 2-3 years from seed.
📚 Learn more from previous post:
- 💋Delectable Peanut Butter Tree
- 💋The best small fruit trees that will produce right away
- 💋How soon will Peanut Butter Tree fruit?
- 💋Top 10 fast-fruiting trees
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Is purple your favorite color? This is your plant!
Tibouchina
- 🟪 Tibouchinas are tropical gems famous for their vibrant purple flowers, which feature unique, eyelash-like stamens that give them an enchanting look.
- 🟪 Their soft, velvety leaves add another layer of charm, making these plants a delight for both the eyes and the touch.
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Bedtime Cat TV
"A bird in the paw is worth two in the bush." - James Thurber
💻 Do you cats watch Cat TV?
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Black cat night
"A black cat is the most magical of creatures, bringing mystery and charm into every shadow." - Charles Dickens
Do you have a black cat? How many? 🐈
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Top 10 fast-fruiting trees:
Blackberry Jam Fruit (Randia formosa)
#9. Blackberry Jam Fruit (Randia formosa)
🖤 Blackberry Jam Fruit, Jasmin de Rosa is a curious small evergreen tree or bush that combines features of a fragrant flower and delicious dessert fruit which tastes like fresh Blackberry jam. Fragrant white flowers are similar to Gardenia.
📚 Learn more from previous posts:
- 💋The best small fruit trees that will produce right away
- 💋Truth about Blackberry Jam: it comes from Gardenia
- 💋Top 10 fast-fruiting trees
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What to plant by the pond?
Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia
- 🐘 Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia is a classic beauty.
- 🐘 The heart-shaped, large purple-and-green leaves of Illustris are huge, and their dark highlights are stunning.
- 🐘 This elephant ear is a lover of moist shade, but does best with a little dappled sunlight.
- 🐘 It will tolerate boggy conditions.
- 🐘 Provide light shade to full shade and consistently moist or boggy soil.
- 🐘 It is a strong fast growing variety that does great in container, landscapes, ponds and patios.
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Date:
Join us this Saturday for Fall Plant Market
September 7, 9 am - 4 pm
Join us this Saturday, September 7, for our exciting Fall Plant Market!
This Event will be featuring the largest selection of flowering and fruiting plants! Get unbeatable deals with plants starting at just $2, $5, and $10. Plus, enjoy a free plant with every purchase, and if you're one of the first 25 guests to spend $50, you'll receive a special gift bag!
Our plants have grown big and beautiful over the summer, so don't miss this chance to fill your yard at fantastic prices. Bring friends and family, and let our friendly PeopleCats guide you around the garden. We look forward to seeing you there!
Highlights of the event:
30% OFF online prices, one day only!
(excluding 15 gallon material and rare plants)
Gift bags - for first 25 customers with $50 order
$2, $5 and $10 plants
Raffle
Free plant with any purchase as a token of our appreciation
Event discounts valid at both locations:
Ft Myers Garden
Center: 13890 Orange River, Ft Myers, FL
Sebring B-Farm: 9100 McRoy
Rd, Sebring, FL
