Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 22 Apr 2024

What is the best butterfly and hummingbird attractor? Thats the one, called

Odontonema callistachyum - Butterfly Bush

What is the best butterfly and hummingbird attractor? That's the one, called Butterfly Bush.

Odontonema callistachyum - Butterfly Bush, is an easy to grow medium size shrub. It is very fast growing and will bloom for you in both shade or full sun.

🌞 Here in Florida it starts blooming in late Winter and keeps going throughout the year.

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Date: 21 Apr 2024

How to make exotic fries from beautiful Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca)

Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca) - Manihot esculenta

🍟 How to make exotic fries from beautiful Cassava Tree (Yuca Root, Tapioca).
  • ▪️ Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called Yuca Root, Manihot, Tapioca - is an exotic tropical root vegetable plant. The fries are more delicious than any fries you every tried!
  • ▪️ Besides culinary value, it is simply a stunning little tree! Don't be shy to harvest the roots - this plant is easy to regrow from cuttings, so you can have your crops year round.


❗️Don't confuse Yuca Root (Cassava) with Yucca Plant from the Agave family - a no-go in the culinary world - you definitely don't want to cook that up for dinner!

📚 Learn more about Yuca Root

🍲 Cassava Fries Recipe

🛒 Order Cassava plant online

#Food_Forest #Recipes

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Date: 21 Apr 2024

What is number one tree-grown vegetable?

What is number one tree-grown vegetable? Akee is a curious Jamaican fruit that is actually a vegetable growing on a tree! The fruit makes a delicious nutritious meal tasting like eggs and potatoes

  • 🔺This showy fruit is a close relative of Lychee, Longan, and Rambutan.

  • 🔺 Akee tree is easy to grow, undemanding, fast growing, and fruits right away. Sometimes it fruits twice a year!

  • 🔺 Akee fruit must be picked after the fruit has opened naturally so the flesh is fully exposed to light.

  • 🔺 The white arils are best parboiled for a few min and then lightly fried in butter. Then they are really delicious!


📚 More about Akee

🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?

🛒 Order Akee tree online

#Food_Forest #Nature_Wonders #Recipes

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Date: 21 Apr 2024

What is number one tree-grown vegetable?

Akee fruit, Ackee

What is number one tree-grown vegetable? Akee is a curious Jamaican fruit that is actually a vegetable growing on a tree! The fruit makes a delicious nutritious meal tasting like eggs and potatoes
  • 🔺This showy fruit is a close relative of Lychee, Longan, and Rambutan.
  • 🔺 Akee tree is easy to grow, undemanding, fast growing, and fruits right away. Sometimes it fruits twice a year!
  • 🔺 Akee fruit must be picked after the fruit has opened naturally so the flesh is fully exposed to light.
  • 🔺 The white arils are best parboiled for a few min and then lightly fried in butter. Then they are really delicious!


📚 More about Akee

🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?

🛒 Order Akee tree online

#Food_Forest #Nature_Wonders #Recipes

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Date: 21 Apr 2024

When you need an easy plant for a shady spot, Calathea zebrina is a winner!

Calathea zebrina - Zebra Plant

🌿 When you need an easy plant for a shady spot, Calathea zebrina is a winner!

Calathea zebrina - Zebra Plant - is an absolute winner for your shade garden. It's very easy to establish, fast growing and always happy - as long as you water it💧

✅ Great plant for beginners, Zebra Plant won't disappoint you!

It's a large and vigorous Calathea, beautiful velvety leaves have dark green stripes, like Zebra stripes

The underside of the leaves is purple and not always visible right away because leaves grow horizontally.

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#Shade_Garden #Container_Garden

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