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What is the most spectacular Clerodendrum?

Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Java Glorybower Mary Jane

✨ What is the most spectacular Clerodendrum?
  • 🌸 Clerodendrums are tropical favorites, easy to grow, and bloom year-round. Thriving in sun or shade, they're perfect for home gardens. Many bloom in winter, brightening dark days - even on a windowsill!
  • 🌸 One of our favorites is Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Java Glorybower Mary Jane. This fast growing bush blooms with bright coral flowers, virtually year around!


🎥 Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Java Glorybower Mary Jane

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What is the most popular Winter-flowering shrub?

Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii

💋 What is the most popular Winter-flowering shrub?
  • 🌸 Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii - is a Queen sister of the popular Princess - Dombeya seminole that we introduced in our earlier post.
  • 🌸 Tropical Hydrangea is a stunning winter bloomer with fragrant, pink, hydrangea-like flowers that will turn heads and attract pollinators.
  • 🌸 Spectacular blooms: Clusters of fragrant, pink flowers brighten the landscape in winter and draw in bees and butterflies.
  • 🌸 Lush foliage: Large, heart-shaped leaves add tropical charm year-round.
  • 🌸 Fast-growing: Quickly creates a multi-stemmed bush, perfect for screening or covering unwanted views.
  • 🌸 Versatile landscaping: Ideal for hedges, garden accents, or a statement plant in any tropical or subtropical garden.
  • 🌸 With its beauty and utility, Tropical Hydrangea is a must-have for creating a vibrant, pollinator-friendly garden with minimal effort!


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Why New Guinea Creeper is a must-have for your garden

New Guinea Creeper (Tecomanthe dendrophila)

💕 Why New Guinea Creeper is a must-have for your garden
  • 💖 It's this time of the year when beautiful Tecomanthe is opening her majestic blooms!

    • The New Guinea Creeper (Tecomanthe dendrophila) is a stunning, non-aggressive vine that will captivate with its vibrant blooms and lush foliage.
  • 💖 Spectacular flowers: In late winter to early spring, it produces large clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers with deep pink tubes and creamy-white lobes, creating a striking contrast.
  • 💖 Non-invasive growth: This well-behaved climber can reach up to 40 feet but is easily maintained at shorter lengths, making it suitable for trellises, arbors, or even large containers.
  • 💖 Evergreen beauty: With its glossy, pinnate leaves, the New Guinea Creeper adds year-round interest to your garden, even when not in bloom.
  • 💖 Great Butterfly attractor!


Care tip for New Guinea Creeper

🌞 Light: Thrives in partial to full sun; however, it prefers some shade during the hottest part of the day.
💦 Water: Keep the soil consistently moist but well-drained, especially during the growing season.
🌡 Temperature: Ideal for USDA Zones 9-11; protect from frost and provide a warm, humid environment.
⛩ Support: Provide a sturdy structure for it to climb, such as a trellis or arbor, to showcase its cascading blooms.

🥳 Introduce the New Guinea Creeper to your garden and enjoy a breathtaking display of color and elegance that will be the envy of your neighborhood!

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Does Barleria Lavender Lace really have striped flowers

Barleria cristata Lavender Lace (Striped Philippine Violet)

⭐️ Does Barleria Lavender Lace really have striped flowers
  • 🔮 Looking for an easy, compact, beautiful shrub that takes both sun and shade? Barleria cristata Lavender Lace (Striped Philippine Violet) is a rare and stunning variety perfect for fall and winter blooms.
  • 🔮 Striking lavender-and-white-striped trumpet-shaped blooms appear in clusters from Fall through Winter. They are truly striped! 👀
  • 🔮 Grows to about 3 feet tall, perfect as a garden hedge or shaped into neat geometrical forms with minimal pruning.
  • 🔮 Needs some sun for profuse flowering and occasional pruning to encourage bushy growth.
  • 🔮 Can handle cooler temperatures, making it a reliable fall and winter bloomer.


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How Cardinals Guard runs red carpet for Christmas

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

🚩 How Cardinals Guard runs red carpet for Christmas⛔️👍
  • 💖 If your garden needs a pop of color, Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea) is ready to take the spotlight! With its bold, scarlet-red blooms perched atop green cones, this evergreen perennial looks like it's wearing a crown.
  • 💖 Striking Christmas-red flowers emerge from a green cone. Blooms most of the year.
  • 💖 Adds vibrant color and a festive, tropical feel to any space.
  • 💖 Upright, multi-stemmed growth with lush foliage.
  • 💖 Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators.
  • 💖 Care: Morning sun and afternoon shade (semi-shade preferred). Trim stems to prevent legginess and encourage fresh growth. Perfect for Southern gardens and large containers.


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Happy sunny flowers with lush tropical foliage for shady spots

Barleria micans - Giant Yellow Shrimp

⭐️ Happy sunny flowers with lush tropical foliage for shady spots

Barleria micans - Giant Yellow Shrimp is a bright, pollinator-friendly shrub with stunning summer blooms!
  • ☀️ Foliage: Lush, dark green, tropical-looking leaves.
  • ☀️ Flowers: Showy yellow blooms in summer, often covering the plant.
  • ☀️ Pollinator Magnet: Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
  • ☀️ Growth: Grows 4–5 ft tall; thrives in filtered sun or shade with regular water.
  • ☀️ Soil & Climate: Does well in rich, well-drained soil; heat and humidity tolerant.
  • ☀️ Seasonal Charm: Winter bloomer for Zone 10+.


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What happens when the Musical Note hits its peak?

Clerodendrum Musical Note - Clerodendrum incisum

🎶 What happens when the Musical Note hits its peak?
  • ♪ Say hello to our blooming Clerodendrum Musical Note! We mentioned it earlier.
  • ♪ This stunning plant doesn't just bloom - it puts on a show!
  • ♪ With flowers bursting everywhere, this bush even creates a dreamy carpet of musical-note-shaped blooms around its base. A true symphony for the garden!


ℹ️ The unopened flowers resemble musical notes, giving the plant its name.

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Its never too many powderpuffs!

🍬 It's never too many powderpuffs!

💖 One more Powderpuff beauty - Calliandra surinamensis - is a large vigorous shrub that can be trained into a cute little standard tree.

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What color is garlic vine flower?

Garlic vine (Mansoa alliacea)

🦄 What color is garlic vine flower? Three-color!
  • 😈 Garlic vine (Mansoa alliacea) is in full bloom again this time of the year. What a spectacular view! Deep lavender flowers with white throat fading to a paler lavender within a few days, and you can see all three colors on the plant at the same time.
  • 😈 Crushed leaves smell just like crushed garlic!
  • 😈 Garlic vine has moderate growth rate and can stay compact in a pot as a specimen, and even can be grown as a house plant.


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How to get rid of a bad luck with the Garlic Vine?

📱 Video: Garlic vine keeps away the vampires.

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What is the most excusive tropical Christmas flower?

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

Ruellia colorata, Colorama

🎄 What is the most excusive tropical Christmas flower?
  • 🎅 A festive showstopper, Ruellia colorata, known as Colorama, is a rare and vibrant addition to exotic container plant collection. Its brilliant scarlet bracts color up for Christmas and stay bright carmine for several months.
  • 🎅 Native to Brazil, this small plant grows 2-4 feet tall, displaying brilliant scarlet bracts and crimson flowers that stay bright for months, adding a touch of holiday cheer.
  • 🎅 One of Colorama's most striking features is its photoperiodic response: the top leaves turn crimson red around Christmas time due to changes in daylight length, much like the beloved Poinsettia. After winter, these leaves return to green, keeping the plant lively and versatile year-round.

    • Photoperiodism is the process where plants respond to the length of day and night, triggering changes such as leaf coloration or flowering.
  • 🎅 Its blooms are a magnet for butterflies and hummingbirds, making it a favorite for wildlife enthusiasts.
  • 🎅 Colorama thrives in shady to semi-shady spots and requires regular watering to stay lush and healthy. It's perfect for USDA zones 9-11 but can also be grown in colder regions if protected from frost. For winter care in cooler climates, move it indoors or to a warm area to keep this stunning beauty happy and blooming.
  • 🎅 When grown in pots, ensure good drainage, use rich organic soil, and place the plant in a bright location.
  • 🎅 Prune twice a year to maintain its compact, bushy shape, and fertilize with a flowering fertilizer once established.


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