Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 17 Jun 2020

Meet PeopleCats of TopTropicals. Cat of the day: Google the Cat says Happy Fathers Day!

Google the Cat is joining Fathers Day celebration as a Founding Father of TopTropicals (along with Jim the Founder). Google just turned 13 years old - pretty senior age for a cat, and although he is still full of energy (and Brainpower), he spends most of his day managing the business, setting the goals, and knowing everything. This is Because, and this is Why - he is the Google!

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Date: 17 Jun 2020

The easiest to grow Gardenia

Gardenia (Kailarsenia) vietnamensis

by Onika Amell, tropical plant expert

One of the easiest and hardiest Gardenias in our collection is the Vietnamese Gardenia. This plant is much easier to grow than many other Gardenias. It can handle overly moist soils much better, is quite drought tolerant once established and has a high resistance to the typical Gardenia woes. It is hands down also the most cold hardy Gardenia in our collection!

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Date: 10 Jun 2020

Meet PeopleCats of TopTropicals. Cat of the day: Ditta - the Botanical Cat

Ditta lives in Botanical Garden of Riga, Latvia. Our columnist Alex Butova has been writing about that garden a lot and posted numerous plant photos in our Catalog; now it is time to introduce its PeopleCats!
Ditta is the Boss of Riga Botanical Garden. She owns the security room and watches her premises. Ditta is in charge of all events and exhibits of the Garden, and her favorite spot is the Rose Garden.

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Date: 10 Jun 2020

Philodendron Burle Marx

by Onika Amell, tropical plant expert

Are you looking for an exceptional ground cover that is incredibly easy to grow? Burle Marx is a low growing variety of Philodendron. This plant works exceptionally well in mass plantings as they develop runners which creates that beautiful tropical feel and look so many gardeners desire. You can also create wonderful borders with this Philodendron. Plant them in your favorite container and watch them cascade beautifully over time. Give them a tree and they will climb. This plant is almost prehistoric looking with jungle-green, shiny, leathery, elongated heart shaped leaves on reddish stems...

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Date: 4 Jun 2020

PeopleCats of TopTropicals. Cat of the day: Midnight - Prince from Bombay

No animals were harmed during the photo-session.

...Prince Midnight was adopted at 6 weeks from a large family of Bombay cats from a nearby neighbor. At the time we didn't realized they were Bombays, just that the entire group were pure black with gold eyes. It was later that we realized he had all the traits of a Bombay including not a speck of white, the gold eyes and the facial characteristics, and even an obscure trait known to them: a tendency toward stuffy nose, which has always come and gone, sounding like a mild snore, even when awake. He is going on 17...

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