Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

❔ The way we see things

"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them." - Leo Tolstoy

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🌳 Five best fruit trees to plant in Summer

☀️ Summer might be scorching, but it’s actually a great time to plant fruit trees that love the heat. If you've got sunshine and a little space, these five tropical picks will reward you with fresh, homegrown fruit - some you’ll never find in a store!

1. Mango - the King of all fruit, a must have in every garden. Fiberlress varieties only! You can't buy those in the store.

2. Avocado - a must have super-fruit in everyone's diet, grow your own!

3.🐲 Dragon fruit - heat tolerant easy plant with low water needs, sweet fruit-bearing cactus

4. 🍉 Guava - by far the most flavorful tropical fruit, great for Summer drinks

5. 🍐 Black Sapote - fast growing, heat- and flood-tolerant, fruit tastes like chocolate pudding

📚 Learn more from previous posts:

• 🟡10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes
• 🟡Top 10 fast-fruiting trees
• 🟡Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits

🛒 Explore the finest rare tropical fruit trees

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🌈 Color that lasts year-round: Ti plant: bold color, easy care

• 🌿 Looking to add some serious color to your garden without adding a lot of work?

Cordyline fruticosa, also known as the Hawaiian Ti plant comes as beautiful colorful leaves in so many shades and varieties!
• 🌿 Shades of deep burgundy, hot pink, bright green, even chocolate - and everything in between. The glossy, sword-shaped leaves look like something out of a vacation photo.
• 🌿 And the best part? It's super easygoing. Ti plants grow well in sun or shade, in the ground or in pots, and need very little water.
• 🌿 Perfect for borders, containers, or as a tropical accent - Ti Leaf brings instant island vibes to your space.

🛒 Ti time! Click to grow

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🐶 Wet Dog Fragrance renewed

Lab Family reunion and the Country Bath... Visual definition of Happiness - again. Bigger scale than last year!

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

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Ice Cream mango: tiny tree, big flavor!
Mango Rainbow🌈

• 🟡Ice Cream is the king of condo mangoes - and for good reason! This tiny tree stays under six feet and still gives you a full size fruit that tastes like mango sorbet.
• 🟡The fruit may be small and green, but inside? Bright yellow flesh that's rich, sweet, and unbelievably smooth.
• 🟡It is the perfect pick for containers, patios, or small spaces. If you want big flavor from a little tree, Ice Cream mango is the one.

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📚 Previous posts: #Mango_Rainbow - varieties you should try

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🌸 Why gardeners love the Pink Butterfly Tree: blooms, shade, and zero fuss

• 🌸 Bauhinia variegata, Pink Butterfly Orchid Tree - is a gorgeous, fast-growing tree with orchid-like blooms in shades of magenta to lavender. Flowers appear from late winter through spring - and sometimes again in summer - filling the air with a soft, sweet fragrance. Its butterfly-shaped leaves and wide canopy make it perfect as a focal point, shade tree, or street-side beauty. Great for sustainable landscapes, shelterbelts, and windbreaks too.
• 🌸 Easygoing and low-maintenance, it thrives in just about any soil - loam, sand, clay, even rocky ground - as long as it drains well. Loves full sun, needs little water once established, and grows fast (up to 2–3 feet per year) with plenty of cooling shade.
• 🌸 The bright blooms bring in butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds.
• 🌸 Extra bonus: its buds and blossoms are edible and used in traditional cooking, and the bark has been used in folk remedies for things like thyroid and ulcers.
• 🌸 Tough, fast, and blooming with elegance, the Pink Butterfly Orchid Tree is a gorgeous shade tree that thrives on neglect - poor soil, low water, no problem! Fragrant, orchid-like flowers light up your garden from winter to spring: easy to grow and even easier to love!

🛒 Limited stock - plant one this season!
Discover more Bauhinias - Orchid trees.

📚 Learn more about Orchid trees:

• ▫️Napoleons Plume - Orchid Tree that blooms in a pot
• ▫️How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
• ▫️Bauhinias: trees with Orchid Flowers and Butterfly Wings
• ▫️Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings...
• ▫️Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree
• ▫️Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia

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🌸 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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📚 Learn more:

• ▫️ What colors of Allamandas do you have?
• ▫️ Rare Allamandas: Mandarin-flowered beauty
• ▫️ How to double your Gold
• ▫️ Cabernet - Wine Red Allamanda

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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

• ☀️ 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

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