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Why does Allamanda rule the tropics? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Allamanda colorful varieties

🌸 Why does Allamanda rule the tropics?
  • 🌸 Allamanda is a top favorite - you'll see it in yards everywhere!
  • 🌸 Just look at the colors! Cherry pink, golden yellow, deep mauve, chocolate, even peach - so many stunning colors, blooming nonstop!
  • 🌸 It grows fast, loves the heat, and doesn't ask for much. Want a vine? Perfect. Prefer a shrub? That works too. It's easygoing, showy, and always putting on a show.
  • 🌸 Everyone can grow it - and once you do, you'll wonder how your garden ever got by without it.


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On the superiority of the Cat over Futurism. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cat Macaron on windowsill

Cat Macaron on windowsill

Cat Macaron yawning

Cat Macaron yawning

Sleepy Cat Macaron

Sleepy Cat Macaron

On the superiority of the Cat over Futurism🐾

(or why cat hair on your pants is better than progress charts)
  • 🐾"While they build charts and fly to Mars -

    • the cat simply lies on the keyboard and wins."
  • 🐾"The cat doesn't ask: 'What is the meaning of life?'

    • It KNOWS: the meaning is a warm window, a bowl, and you nearby."
  • 🐾"Futurism says: 'Soon everything will be better!'

    • The cat says: 'It’s already good. Pet me.'"
  • 🐾"Ideal systems collapse.

    • The cat remains. Soft, independent, eternal."
  • 🐾"When everything goes wrong - the cat starts to purr.

    • It's his way of saying: 'Hang in there. I’m here.'"
  • 🐾"Futurists dream of terraforming Mars.

    • The cat naps under a blooming jasmine and calls it paradise."
  • 🐾"While they plan vertical farms and biotech gardens -

the cat rolls in basil, digs up the mulch, and feels joy."

🐈📸 Macaron has been busy helping with plants and trying to show us the meaning of life.

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Five best fragrant plants for summer plantings. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Brunfelsia isola - Lavender Lady of the Night

☀️ Five best fragrant plants for summer plantings
  • ☀️ Summer heat? No problem. These fragrant plants thrive in it - and will make your garden smell like vacation every day.
  • ☀️ Brunfelsia - Lady of the Night - releases its sweet scent after sunset, filling warm evenings with a dreamy, tropical perfume.
  • ☀️ Gardenia - Queen of Scent - classic creamy blooms with a rich, unmistakable fragrance that perfumes the air even in peak summer.
  • ☀️ Jasminum sambac - the most popular and the most fragrant Jasmine for both indoor or outdoor culture. Varieties: Arabian Nights, Belle of India, Mangalore Malli, Grand Duke, Grand Duke Supreme, Gundu Malli, Maid of Orleans, Mali Chat, Mysore Mulli, Little Duke Supreme - Baby Duke.
  • ☀️ Nyctanthes arbor-tristis - Parijat. Small tree or shrub from India with highly perfumed flowers, one of the most desired fragrant plants. Mythology says the plant came to earth with God Krishna, shedding flowers like tears before dawn.
  • ☀️ Plumeria - tropical icon known for its heavenly scent and stunning flowers - blooms all summer and keeps your garden smelling like vacation!


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🎥 Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night, are a "marble" twist of cream and purple, changing hue unpredictably. They are deliciously fragrant at night.

📚More fragrant garden ideas:
▫️ Six most desired perfume plants

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Health benefits of a simple plant: Coral bean. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Health benefits of a simple plant: Coral bean
🍒 Health benefits of a simple plant: Coral bean

  • Don't let the tough, thorny branches fool you - this native plant has a long history of traditional use. While the seeds are poisonous, the young leaves and flowers have been safely cooked and eaten in small amounts by various cultures.

  • Traditionally, Erythrina herbacea - Coral Bean has been used in folk remedies for calming the nerves, easing muscle pain, and even promoting better sleep.

  • Modern science hasn’t fully explored these uses yet, but the plant contains alkaloids that may have sedative and muscle-relaxing properties. It's a reminder that even rugged native plants can carry powerful natural potential.

  • As a bonus, Erythrina herbacea is also beautiful and beneficial in the garden, drawing in hummingbirds and butterflies with its vibrant pink flowers - hummingbirds can't resist this wild bloomer! It grows well in poor soil and dry conditions - low effort, high reward!


🛒 Plant once, enjoy for years

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Florigon mango: smooth, early, and always reliable. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Florigon mango

Florigon mango: smooth, early, and always reliable.
Mango Rainbow🌈
  • 🟡 Florigon is one of those mangoes that keeps showing up early - and never disappoints!
  • 🟡It's creamy and mild, with a buttery texture and just a hint of spice. Sweet, but not too sweet - perfect for eating fresh or even over a scoop of ice cream.
  • 🟡The tree is compact, reliable, and disease resistant, making it a favorite for backyard growers.
  • 🟡Early fruit, no fiber, and smooth as silk - Florigon is an easy win in your garden.


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📚 Previous posts: #Mango_Rainbow - varieties you should try

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Patience is the key. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Scooby and Cash the cats

Scooby and Cash the cats

🐈 Patience is the key

"Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting." - Joyce Meyer

🐈📸 Scooby and Cash, patiently waiting for birdwatching at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden 

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What is that Big Thing??? A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Giant Bird's Nest Anthurium - Anthurium x hookeri

What is that Big Thing???
  • What is that big thing in the corner? It's the Giant Bird's Nest Anthurium minding its business and taking up way more than its fair share of space. This plant, Anthurium x hookeri, looks like it wandered in from the jungle and decided to stay.
  • The leaves are enormous - wrinkly, leathery, and can grow over 6 feet long! They feel kind of like cardboard and look like something out of a rainforest movie set.
  • Despite its size, it's easygoing. Doesn’t need much water, tolerates deep shade, and generally keeps to itself. Just give it room to stretch and maybe say hi once in a while.
  • If you like big, bold plants that know how to take up space without being fussy, Giant Bird's Nest Anthurium delivers!


🛒 Adopt the big guy - Giant Birdnest

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▫️Discover the Giant Bird’s Nest Anthurium

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A plant wearing a sweater. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Tradescantia sillamontana - White Velvet, Cobweb Spiderwort

👚 A plant wearing a sweater
  • 👕 Tradescantia sillamontana - White Velvet, Cobweb Spiderwort - is one of those plants that stops people in their tracks and makes them ask, "What is that fuzzy thing?" Here's why it's so cool:
  • 👕 It looks like it's wearing a sweater! Its silvery-green leaves are covered in a soft, white fuzz that looks like cobwebbing - hence the nickname Cobweb Spiderwort. It's as if the plant dressed itself for a chilly morning
  • 👕 It grows low and spreads nicely, forming a neat, dense mound about 10-12 inches tall and 18 inches wide, making it perfect for edging, containers, or spilling over walls.
  • 👕 In summer and fall, it surprises you with vivid magenta-purple flowers tucked among the fuzzy foliage.
  • 👕 Despite its delicate appearance, this plant is hardy to light freezes (zone 8) and thrives on neglect. Dry spells? No problem. It pairs beautifully with succulents. Sun or shade!
  • 👕 Whether in a rock garden, pot, or tucked into a sunny nook, White Velvet brings texture, contrast, and plenty of personality. This little spiderwort is weird, wonderful, and surprisingly easy to grow.


🛒 Get your own Fuzzy White Velvet Tradescantia

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Beware of the Wigglebutts! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Sunshine, Draco and Lila the dogs

🐶 Beware of the Wigglebutts!

Another year passed, and here is another Lab Family reunion!
Exactly a year ago: 8 cute puppies update: wet dog fragrance. Mango's puppies turned into big monsters.

🐈📸 Sunshine, Draco and Lila visiting their Mom Mango at Top Tropicals Bfarm and PeopleCats.Garden. 

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