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What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?
Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower
Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower
What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?
Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, or Lead Flower is brightest gentian blue - very unusual color in the tropics!
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- 💙 Winter heavy bloomer
- 💙 Attracts butterflies and bees 🐝
- 💙 Compact shrub, responds well to pruning.
- 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!
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New Complete Guide to Avocado Varieties
New Complete Guide to Avocado Varieties. How to choose the right type of Avocado.
How many varieties of Avocado are there in cultivation? Did you know that there are hundreds of them? You probably thought there were only 2 kinds - black and green?
You may not realize is that this basic (but practical!) classification doesn't encompass all the wonderful qualities avocados have to offer.
There are numerous hybrids in cultivation, and once you plant your first tree and taste the REAL fruit (not from the grocery store), you'll be eager to explore other varieties. It's a guarantee! While it's true that avocado fruit can vary in "butter" content, most superior varieties are equally delicious.
This Avocado Variety Guide helps to choose the right variety for you. With its interactive tool, you can sort cultivars by fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, crop season, flower type A or B, tree habit and more.
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How many varieties of Avocado are there in cultivation? Did you know that there are hundreds of them? You probably thought there were only 2 kinds - black and green?
You may not realize is that this basic (but practical!) classification doesn't encompass all the wonderful qualities avocados have to offer.
There are numerous hybrids in cultivation, and once you plant your first tree and taste the REAL fruit (not from the grocery store), you'll be eager to explore other varieties. It's a guarantee! While it's true that avocado fruit can vary in "butter" content, most superior varieties are equally delicious.
This Avocado Variety Guide helps to choose the right variety for you. With its interactive tool, you can sort cultivars by fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, crop season, flower type A or B, tree habit and more.
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Fun Facts: Cacao beans
Cacao Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao)
Cacao Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao)
Cacao Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao)
Cacao Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao)
📖 Fun Facts: Cacao beans (Theobroma cacao) were used to make chocolate, and the ancient Maya and Aztec civilizations valued cacao beans as currency 💰 Can we use chocolate as money?
🍫 Chocolate tree has large dark green leaves that shade the fruit pods which grow directly from the trunk and branches.
🍫 The flesh of the fruit is eaten as a dessert, and the seeds are the raw material of chocolate. Hot chocolate can be made by drying the seeds, roasting, grinding, and adding milk.
🍫 This exotic rare tree makes a gem of a houseplant collection.
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Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me?
Akee fruit, Ackee
Why this Akee taste of deliciousness always follows me? Definitely the favorite fruit (it's actually a vegetable).
Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼
📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.
‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.
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🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
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Can't wait for the next crop this year 😼
📖 Fun Fact: Ackee is the national fruit of Jamaica and is a key ingredient in the traditional Jamaican dish, ackee and saltfish. However, it must be properly ripened and cooked due to its toxic properties when unripe.
‼️ Check out our previous post about Akee.
📚 More about Akee
🎥 YouTube Recipe: How to cook perfect Akee?
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What fruit contains 65 times more of vitamin C than an orange? Now you know - its Barbados Cherry
Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra)
🍒 What fruit contains 65 times more of vitamin C than an orange? Now you know - it's Barbados Cherry
Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) fruit has a vitamin C content up to 65 times that of an orange! A single fruit contains the minimum daily recommended vitamin C requirements, as well as vitamins A, B1, B2, and B3, carotenoids and bioflavonoids - great antioxidants.
If you are looing for a compact, but fast growing tree with colorful fruit that starts fruiting right away - plant Barbados Cherry. It will also happily fruit in containers.
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Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra) fruit has a vitamin C content up to 65 times that of an orange! A single fruit contains the minimum daily recommended vitamin C requirements, as well as vitamins A, B1, B2, and B3, carotenoids and bioflavonoids - great antioxidants.
If you are looing for a compact, but fast growing tree with colorful fruit that starts fruiting right away - plant Barbados Cherry. It will also happily fruit in containers.
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Tamarind
Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica
Tamarind fruit - Tamarinus indica
Tamarind flowers - Tamarinus indica
📖 Fun Fact: Tamarind is used as a souring agent in many cuisines around the world, adding a tangy flavor to dishes. How to use Tamarind in cooking?
🍲 Tamarind Chutney Recipe
Ingredients:
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🍲 Tamarind Chutney Recipe
Ingredients:
- · 1 cup tamarind pulp
- · 1 cup water
- · 3/4 cup brown sugar or jaggery
- · 1 tsp each of ground cumin, ginger, and coriander
- · 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- · Salt to taste
- · Simmer tamarind pulp and water.
- · Strain, return to heat, and add sugar.
- · Stir in spices and salt.
- · Simmer until thickened.
- · Cool and store in the refrigerator.
Instructions:
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What orchids can be grown in the ground?
Spathoglottis Tropical Punch - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Spathoglottis Tropical Punch - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Epidendrum radicans - Orange Reed Ground Orchid, Sunrise
Spathoglottis Lemon Kiss - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Bletilla striata x formosana Kate - Yokohama Ground orchid
Epidendrum elongatum x radicans - Lavender Reed Ground Orchid
Spathoglottis Rainbow - Sorbet Ground Orchid
Arundina graminifolia - Bamboo Orchid, Bird Ground Orchid
🌸 What orchids can be grown in the ground?
Orchids have a mystique that seems to set them apart from most other flowers... they are elegant and almost unreal in their perfection... But not every gardener has luck growing traditional orchids.
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Orchids have a mystique that seems to set them apart from most other flowers... they are elegant and almost unreal in their perfection... But not every gardener has luck growing traditional orchids.
- ⚜️ Terrestrial orchids (a.k.a. ground orchids) grow in regular garden soil instead of in the air on tree branches!
- ⚜️ Ground orchids come in many colors and shapes.
- ⚜️ Ground orchids will be happy to bloom in sun or shade and are very easy to grow!
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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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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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