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Blue lips smell like violets - Mazabuka, Sclerochiton harveyanus. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Sclerochiton harveyanus - Mazabuka, Blue Lips

👄 Blue lips smell like violets
  • 💙 Sclerochiton harveyanus - Mazabuka, or Blue Lips blooms with quirky blue-to-purple flowers that really do look like lips. And in the tropical plant world, blue flowers are rare. And they are lightly violet-lavender-fragrant!
  • 💙 Even better? It's a total shade lover. No need for blazing sun - this beauty is happy to bloom in the cool, leafy spots of your garden.
  • 💙 Loved by bees and birds, and just the right mix of weird and wonderful.


🛒 Add Blue Lips to your shade garden

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Kitty saved his life! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

😮 Kitty saved his life!

"Where there’s a will, there's a way" - Thomas Heywood, The Proverb, 1608.

🐈📸 Philemon the cat finding his ways at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden. 

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Late season mango Kent: Florida's delight. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Mango Kent

Late season mango Kent: Florida's delight.
Mango Rainbow🌈
  • 🟡Kent is Florida's late-season superstar that never disappoints!
  • 🟡These big, oval mangoes turn yellow-green with a ruby-red blush and emit the most tropical, peachy aroma. Slice inside and you’ll find dense, fiberless orange flesh that melts in your mouth with a sweet-tangy burst and warm spice notes. It's juicy, succulent, and perfect fresh or in smoothies - and they keep coming from July through early fall.
  • 🟡This tree is a heavy bearer, disease resistant, and a must-have in any mango collection!


🛒 Shop Mango varieties

📚 Previous posts: #Mango_Rainbow - varieties you should try

#Food_Forest #Mango #Mango_Rainbow

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Today's peace. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Todays peace
❤️ Today's peace

"Worry does not remove tomorrow's troubles, it takes away today's peace." - Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch Christian watchmaker and Holocaust survivor.

🐈📸 Ricki has no worries about tomorrow at Top Tropicals PeopleCats.Garden. 

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Caught on camera: found this on the Flower of Caipora. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Ruellia affinis - Flower of Caipora

🌺 Caught on camera: found this on the Flower of Caipora.
  • 🍁 Ruellia affinis, the Flower of Caipora - is a rare tropical gem from the forests of Brazil, with tropical red blooms when you need them most!
  • 🍁 This isn't your typical Ruellia. It's a climbing, vining shrub that puts out blazing red flowers in winter when most plants are taking a nap especially during Fall-Winter holidays.
  • 🍁 You can let it vine up a trellis or pinch it back to make a bushy, compact shape. Either way, those scarlet blooms will pop once the older stems mature.
  • 🍁 Just give it light shade, warmth, and moisture - and it'll reward your patience with color when you least expect it!


🛒 Limited! Get Flower of Caipora, hard-to-find tropical bloomer

📸 What's on the plant? Anyone knows the name of this Moth?

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Alarm clock? Thats just my snack timer! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

📢 Alarm clock? That’s just my snack timer!

"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted." - John Lennon

🐈📸 Cash the cat set his alarm clock to remind him it's still a nap time at PeopleCats.Garden. 

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Giant mango Keitt never quits! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Mango Keitt

Giant mango Keitt never quits!
Mango Rainbow🌈
  • 🟡This is Keitt a late-season monster. It is the largest mango we've ever seen - no kidding! Some of these weigh up to five pounds!
  • 🟡And the best part? They just keep coming from July all the way through fall.
  • 🟡The flavor is sweet, smooth, super juicy, and barely any fiber. You can eat it ripe, slice it green, or make an awesome mango pickle.
  • 🟡This tree's a total champ - crazy productive and super reliable.


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📚 Previous posts: #Mango_Rainbow - varieties you should try

#Food_Forest #Mango #Mango_Rainbow

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How to build a home from scratch: scratch-scratch! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Philemon the cat

💩 How to build a home from scratch: scratch-scratch!

"Home is where the heart is." - Pliny the Elder

🐈📸 Philemon the cat makes a comfy setting at Top Tropicals Bfarm and PeopleCats.Garden. 

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