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Mauve-blue, unusually lipped flowers are lightly lavender-fragrant! They create a pretty floral display on this shade-loving shrub with its attractive glossy green foliage. Flowers are mauve-blue to purple and the lower petals are ribbed, giving the impression of lips, hence the common name. Five fringed lobes, equal in size, short and rounded, are the flowers distinguishing feature. The numerous flowers produced in summer are attractive to pollinating insects which encourage insect-feeding birds into the garden.
Due to its fast-growing nature, suitability to shady conditions and unusual floral display this species has great horticultural value. It is best to grow it in a shaded to semi-shaded area of the garden.
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Wooly Shower Orchid Bush. The actual flowers are tiny and inconspicuous, but they are borne in the center of three showy white 1in long bracts that look like velvety propellers. The bracts gradually change through pink, lavender, and finally gray over the course of several weeks.
Stunning Bracts: showy, silver-pink "wooly" bracts that surround small, inconspicuous flowers, creating a cascading effect.
A fast-growing, woody vine that can quickly cover trellises, arbors, or fences with its dense foliage.
Prefers full sun to partial shade and thrives in warm, humid climates, adding a touch of the tropics to any garden.

This is extremely rare variety hard to find in cultivation. The flowers are pale yellow, sometimes with a pink blush.
The New Guinea Creeper is a stunning, non-aggressive vine that will captivate with its vibrant blooms and lush foliage.
In late winter to early spring, it produces large clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers with light yellow to off-white tubes, creating a striking contrast. This well-behaved climber is easily maintained at shorter lengths, making it suitable for trellises, arbors, or even large containers.
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!

Rare unique variety - Indonesian Sunset. Flowers are multi-colored with bronze/golden highlights, some gardeners call it Mandarin Allamanda. Very showy flower, slightly fragrant. Large plant, blooming size.

Rare mulberry - Australia. Really long fruit, it is very sweet.
Very rare variety.

Banana Double Mahoi is a remarkable dwarf Cavendish variety prized for its unique ability to often produce two fruiting stalks from a single plant after the first harvest, resulting in exceptionally heavy yields. Growing just 6-8 feet tall, it is an excellent choice for small gardens, patios, and large containers while producing large bunches of sweet, creamy dessert bananas with the classic Cavendish flavor. Under favorable conditions, plants can produce up to 100 bananas per fruiting cycle and may begin bearing in as little as 12-18 months. Easy to grow, self-pollinating, and highly productive, Double Mahoi thrives in full sun with regular watering and fertile, well-drained soil. It is one of the best banana varieties for home gardeners looking to maximize harvests without sacrificing space.

Pakalana vine, Dok Kajon, Tonkin Jasmine, Cowslip Creeper, Telosoma. Very heavy lemon-like fragrance similar to Ylang-Ylang. Clusters of golden yellow blooms form along the vining stems during summer months. Individual blooms emerge successively over a period of weeks emitting a rich, heavy fragrance that is reliable day or night. Used for leis in Hawaii, it grows vigorously during the long warm days of summer with growth slowing and eventually coming to a standstill throughout the winter.
This plant has edible flowers and leaves that make a delicious meal! See the article about Pad Dok Kajon with a recipe.

Blackberry jam fruit, Jasmin de rosa - fragrant white flowers and edible fruit that tastes like blackberry jam! Rare exotic that will fruit in container. Kids love the fruit.
Plant prefers filtered light.

The Spirit of 76 mango is a premier hybrid that combines the best traits of its parentage, the Zill and Haden varieties. This selection is highly regarded for its oval-shaped fruit which features a vibrant, eye-catching skin and completely fiberless flesh. The eating quality is exceptional, offering a rich, classic mango flavor that is both sweet and aromatic. Because of its superior taste and smooth, melting texture, it has become a favorite among tropical fruit enthusiasts.
The tree itself is a moderately vigorous grower with a spreading canopy, making it an excellent candidate for residential landscapes and backyard orchards. It is known for being a reliable producer, yielding a heavy crop of high-quality fruit. For the home grower, the Spirit of 76 offers a perfect balance of manageable growth habit and gourmet-tier fruit, ensuring a "top-shelf" mango experience right from the garden. See more info about Mango varieties.

The 18th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Plantaholic column. Four Black Nut Trees of Ethnobotanic Interest, PART 2
- Growers of beauty. Garden of Eden by the Polar Circle
- Growing indoors. Amorphophallus: unusual method of propagation and growing indoors
- Tropical treasures Q&A: fragrant vines
- Meet the tropics. Growing Lychee in Southern Landscapes
- Zone pushing. Dealing with cold damaged plants
- Exotic kaleidoscope. Spectacular winter bloomers
- A note from the editor. Give it time
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The 19th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- TRAVEL - MEET THE TROPICS. THE CONSERVATORY
- EXOTIC KALEIDOSCOPE. FUN FRUIT FACTS
- GROWING INDOORS. INDOOR TROPICAL MICROCLIMATES: A TRANSPLANTED FLORIDIAN COPES WITH WINTERS
Nature's food and pharmacy. SPECTACULAR FRUIT TREES AND EDIBLES FOR SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES AND CONTAINER CULTURE. PART I: ALL-TIME FAVORITES
- A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR. IT SAYS SOME THING.
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The 20th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- PLANT INTRODUCTION. PASSION FLOWERS REVEALEDl implication, this is far from the truth...
- NATURE'S FOOD AND FARMACY. SPECTACULAR FRUIT TREES AND EDIBLES FOR SOUTHERN LANDSCAPES AND CONTAINER CULTURE. PART II: FRUIT TREES FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
- GROWING PAPAYA TREE FROM SEED
- Miracle Fruit -THE FUN, THE TRICKS, AND RECEPIES
- EXOTIC KALEIDOSCOPE. SUNNY FLOWERS FOR SUMMER FUN
- GROWING INDOORS. GROWING TROPICAL PLANTS IN THE DESERT
- A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR. MY FIRST LOVE
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The unique full-color edition about World Favorite Flower: Jasminum Sambac. Over 30 beautiful full color photos of all varieties, history of the plant, cultural meaning, even confectionery and tea recipes! Classification of varieties, explanation of differences with pictures. Cultivation, common problems, growing tips. Just about anything you need to know about this plant to grow it and enjoy its beauty and fragrance. See Cover and Inside the book.

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Beautiful and informative full-color edition from series "Plants with Scents as Heady as Incense". A complete info about tropical magnolias, history, species, cultivation, medicinal use and much more. Just about anything you need to know about these plants to grow it and enjoy their beauty and fragrance. 50 color photos, 44 pages. See Cover, Contents and Inside the book.

The unique full-color edition about the Queen of Fragrance - Ylang-Ylang. 20 beautiful full color photos of Cananga odorata, history of the plant, legends, cultural meaning, perfume production, aromatherapy recipes, cultivation tips on growing indoors and in the ground.

A unique book about growing mangroves as houseplants and in aquarium. Many color photos. Habitat, growing instructions for aquariums and Lucky-Mangrove, water purifying facts and charts.

Tropical Gardener Library. Problem solving with potted plants: how can we help them? A pocket size book, full color. The book will answer most of your questions when starting to deal with tropical plants, will help to avoid many common mistakes, identify problems with potted plants and fix most of them before it is too late.

Dorstenia bahiensis is an interesting plant with strange looking receptacles. At maturity, seeds shoot ballistically from the mature flower/fruit heads, and they germinate readily whenever the land on soil or other moist substrate.
A quirky, shade-loving plant with glossy leaves and button-like flower discs. When ripe, those button heads pop their seeds like tiny popcorn, launching them across the yard. Compact at just 6-12 inches, it makes a playful groundcover or a fun conversation piece in a pot.

Holmskioldia citrina - Rare variety - bright yellow flowers. Sometimes this species is called Holmskioldia sanguinea Mandarin. Unique flowers are the main interest of this scrambling shrub: each is a narrow, tube backed by a broad, circular calyx.
See picture of actual plants for sale - in full bloom! (Dec 2012)

The 21th issue of TROPICAL TREASURES. A unique magazine about pushing the limits of tropical gardening, growing tropical plants in non-tropical climate and indoors.
This issue specials:
- Nature's Food and Pharmacy. The King of Spices: black pepper. Growing Black pepper.
- Growers of beauty. Getaway
- Growing outdoors. Top Tropicals guide to late-season plants (Fall through Early Spring) in SOUTH Florida
- Ask the pros: Tropical treasures Q&A. Transplanting plants from pots into ground and from ground into pots. Cold protection tips
- A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR. Looking at the Green
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SugarLoaf is low acid pineapple originated from West Africa and has a mildly sweet flavor and an edible core. The variety is much thinner, taller and heavier in weight for its size than a regular golden pineapple; it has a dark green skin even when ripe and a creamy white interior fruit. Planted outside in tropical zones or as a patio/indoor plant in the north, Sugarloaf is a leading worldwide commercial variety. Self fruitful. Large pointed top, smooth leaf with serratted edge. Sugarloaf can can reach 10 pounds! White flesh. Even the core is edible. Also called Kona Sugarloaf. Excellent flavor, pretty plant and fruit.
Read more about Pineapple: The most luscious Hospitality Fruit: Pineapple.

A dwarf papaya perfect for growing in pots. Will grow quickly and produce ripe fruit in as little as one year. In spite of its dwarf habit, the fruit can reach 5-6" in diameter, size of a small melon, large and oval.
The delicious fruit of the papaya is good for you as a dessert or as a digestive aid (it contains the enzyme papain, which is essential to digestion).
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Julie seedling that is acclimated to Florida's humidity, with superior disease resistance. Fiberless fruit with even ripening that has a sweet tropical taste throughout. It is a dwarf variety, making it perfect for small yards or pots.
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Also called "First Love" (sometimes misspelled as YAshioka), this cultivar is one of the darkest green of all gardenias, it has a 3 to 5 inch bloom so perfect, it looks artificial. It was developed by Tadaoki Yoshioka while he lived in Hawaii, and he later brought it to Florida when he moved to Ft. Lauderdale with his family in 1954. The gardenia was named after his daughter, Aimee (Aimee Hironaka), who died in a plane crash in Dallas on August 2, 1985 (Delta Flight 191).
Aimee gardenia grows openly and upright and blooms twice a year and slightly later than others. Flower Size 3 - 5".
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page about gardenias, their cultivation and varieties.
See picture of actual plant for sale (1-2013).