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The most unique Florida Native. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

The most unique Florida Native

Baccharis halimifolia - Aster Tree, Snow Bush, or White Cloud Tree

🐊 The most unique Florida Native
  • 🐸 Baccharis halimifolia - Aster Tree, Snow Bush, or White Cloud Tree, is a one-of-a-kind member of the daisy family - actually, it's the only tree in the Asteraceae family!
  • 🐸 In winter, it puts on a magical show, covered in persistent fluffy white seedheads that look like fresh snow or a floating cloud.
  • 🐸 Its quirky leaves and adaptable shape let you grow it as a shrub, small tree, or potted plant. Hardy and tough, it thrives in poor soils, handles drought, and even tolerates some frost.
  • 🐸 A perfect choice if you are looking for beauty with zero fuss.


🛒 Bring home the magical Aster Tree - tough, unique, and blooms with beauty!

#Trees

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Cashmere bouquet - smells like royal bouquet and grows like a weed. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cashmere bouquet - smells like royal bouquet and grows like a weed

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet

💐 The shrub that smells like a royal bouquet and grows like a weed?

💐 Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet, fills the air with sweet perfume and bursts of pink blooms that butterflies love. Its dark leaves add contrast, and it grows fast - maybe too fast - so plant it in a pot or tucked-away spot unless you want a fragrant takeover!

🛒 Add Clerodendrum bungei to your garden today - before it grows away!

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#Hedges_with_benefits #Perfume_Plants #Container_Garden #Butterfly_Plants

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Cat of the day: Macaron. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cat of the day: Macaron

Macaron the Cat @TopTropicals

🐈 Cat of the day: Macaron
  • 🐾 Meet Macaron, our desert drifter from Nevada who now claims a corner of TopTropicals Arizona office.
  • 🐾 Unlike your average snuggly cat, Macaron refuses the luxury of a bed - he prefers the cold hard floor or a tangle of electronic wires (maybe he's solar-powered?)
  • 🐾 Macaron doesn’t hang out with the other cats, doesn’t play, doesn’t cuddle. He’s a true lone ranger. Some say he's antisocial... we say he's just mysterious!


📸 Macaron the Cat @TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden 
#PeopleCats

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How to grow the Amazing Peanut Butter Tree - in one short video. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

How to grow the Amazing Peanut Butter Tree - in one short video

🍯 How to grow the Amazing Peanut Butter Tree - in one short video

  • Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea) earns its name from its fleshy fruits that boast a delightful peanut butter flavor. One of the most fascinating exotic fruit, as amazing as Miracle fruit, Peanut Butter Fruit is loved by both kids and adults... and yes, it tastes exactly like peanut butter!.. Yet it is much healthier food, with many medicinal benefits...

  • 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. Watch the video how easy it is to grow:


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#Food_Forest #How_to

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Is it real or porcelain? Discover the flower that fools the eye! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Is it real or porcelain? Discover the flower that fools the eye!

Clusia lanceolata - Porcelain Flower

Is it real... or porcelain? Discover the tree that fools the eye!

🔮 Clusia lanceolata - Porcelain Flower has pink blooms so perfect they look fake! This easygoing tree thrives in both sun or shade and even feeds birds with its apple-like fruit. Great undemanding yet unusual flowering plant for container in a shady spot.

🛒Add a touch of porcelain magic to your garden

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A flower that looks plastic ceramic

#Container_Garden #Nature_Wonders #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts
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Cash and Bob have no fear. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cash and Bob have no fear

Cash and Bob - the Cats from TopTropicals

😱 Cash and Bob have no fear

"Courage is knowing what not to fear." - Plato

🐈 PeopleCats.Garden 
#PeopleCats #Quotes

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Father's Day Celebration at Top Tropicals on June 14, 2025

Fathers Day Celebration at Top Tropicals on June 14, 2025

Father's Day Celebration at Top Tropicals on June 14, 2025

🎊 Father's Day Celebration at Top Tropicals on June 14, 2025 🎉
  • 🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Father's Day Plant Market! We loved seeing so many familiar faces, welcoming new friends, and sharing the joy of nature together.
  • 🎉Our friendly #PeopleCats were hard at work, guiding guests through the garden as they picked out the perfect plants to brighten their spaces. The energy was vibrant, and the smiles were endless!
  • 🎉If you see yourself or your friends on the photos, save or forward to share the memories! We wish you the best of luck with all your new plants, and we can't wait to see you again at our next event. Happy planting!
  • 🎉Your TopTropicals Team works hard in the field and is always happy to help with your garden needs, plant selection, delivery, and installation: Kristi, Jamie, Onika, Damien, Chiane, Ashley, Beatriz, Fermin, Mark... and the #PeopleCats! 🌈


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From berry to beast: how Black Dragons are born. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

From berry to beast: how Black Dragons are born

Anthurium Black Dragon seedlings from berry to beast: how Black Dragons are born

From berry to beast: how Black Dragons are born
  • 🐉 Baby dragons have hatched! Anthurium Black Dragon from our earlier video has been busy... and now we have baby dragons!
  • 🐉 Each bright red berry holds a single seed, and the seeds sprout easily - usually in just 2 to 3 weeks. The seedlings start off slow, but here's the exciting part: some come out variegated, with white, purple, or even pink coloring!
  • 🐉 No two are alike, and that's what makes Black Dragons some of the most unique houseplants out there. Everyone needs at least one in their jungle!


🛒 Get your own Black Dragon

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#Container_Garden #Shade_Garden #Nature_Wonders
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Performance the Hand Pan Lady at Top Tropicals Father's Day Celebration on June 14, 2025

Performance the Hand Pan Lady at Top Tropicals Fathers Day Celebration on June 14, 2025

Performance the Hand Pan Lady at Top Tropicals Father's Day Celebration on June 14, 2025

🎶 Celebrate Father's Day at Top Tropicals Plant Market!
  • 🎶 Performance of the Famous Hand Pan Lady at Top Tropicals Father's Day Celebration on June 14, 2025 🎶


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Botanical oddball - an alien ribbon plant with a sense of humor. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Botanical oddball - an alien ribbon plant with a sense of humor

Homalocladium platycladum - Centipede Fern, Tapeworm Ribbonbush

🐸 Botanical oddball - an alien ribbon plant with a sense of humor
  • 🐍 Homalocladium platycladum - Centipede Fern, Tapeworm Ribbonbush that we mentioned earlier - this leafless wonder grows long, flat, jointed stems that look like green ribbons or, yes, tapeworms. But here's the twist: it also produces charming little flowers that surprise anyone expecting nothing but weird stems!
  • 🐍 Low-maintenance and high-impact, it thrives indoors or out, in bright shade to partial sun.
  • 🐍 The flowers are real! Tiny, greenish-white to pink blooms appear along the joints - subtle but fascinating.
  • 🐍 Conversation piece? 100%. Whether in a pot or in the ground, people will ask what it is - and you’ll love telling them.
  • 🐍 If you like your plants with a sense of humor and mystery, this one is for you.


🛒 Shop Tapeworm Plant now - get ready for double takes!

#Nature_Wonders #Shade_Garden #Container_Garden

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