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One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet
Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia
💃 One of the top 10 most impressive trees on the planet
✍️ "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
📷 Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia - one of the most popular tropical trees covered with bright red orchid-like flowers from late winter through early summer.
"The Royal Poinciana is one of the most spectacular flowering trees in the USA, and probably among the top 10 on this planet. In full bloom, it is like a regal elephant caparisoned in red and yellow brilliance."
(Larry M. Schokman, The Kampong, National Tropical Botanic Garden)
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✍️ "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
📷 Royal poinciana, Flamboyant tree, Delonix regia - one of the most popular tropical trees covered with bright red orchid-like flowers from late winter through early summer.
"The Royal Poinciana is one of the most spectacular flowering trees in the USA, and probably among the top 10 on this planet. In full bloom, it is like a regal elephant caparisoned in red and yellow brilliance."
(Larry M. Schokman, The Kampong, National Tropical Botanic Garden)
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana
Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana
🎨 "Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and sky as canvas." - Elizabeth Murray
❓ Why is it called a Peacock Flower? See yourself...
📷 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana, Bird of Paradise, Pride of Barbados, Peacock flower...
One of the most spectacular tropical bloomers. An eye-stopper!
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❓ Why is it called a Peacock Flower? See yourself...
📷 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Red Dwarf Poinciana, Bird of Paradise, Pride of Barbados, Peacock flower...
One of the most spectacular tropical bloomers. An eye-stopper!
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Hot-hot-hot HEART! Yet so tasty and flavorful! How hot is it, really?
Capsicum annuum x chinense - Biquinho Pepper
Capsicum annuum x chinense - Biquinho Pepper
Capsicum annuum x chinense - Biquinho Pepper
🌶 Hot-hot-hot HEART! Yet so tasty and flavorful! How hot is it, really?
🔥 Capsicum annuum x chinense - Biquinho Pepper ❤️-shaped!❤️ An exceptionally distinct pepper, an ancient hybrid of Capsicum annuum (bird pepper) and Capsicum chinense (habanero group).
❤️ While of small size (1"), these heart-shaped red fruits are prolifically produced along the branches of compact plants.
❤️ Extremely showy, ornamental peppers with culinary benefits. Great for container garden.
❤️ What separates this variety from others is its unique intense fruity habanero flavor which packs quite a bang! 💥
❤️ For abundant crops, fertilizer with Sunshine C-Cibus plant booster.
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🔥 Capsicum annuum x chinense - Biquinho Pepper ❤️-shaped!
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How June plum can fruit itself to death: look at this heavy load!
DWARF June plum, Ambarella (Spondias cytherea)
🍈 How June plum can "fruit itself to death": look at this heavy load!
This exciting fruit tree will amaze you with its ability to fruit abundantly at a young age and small size. This is a DWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea).
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This exciting fruit tree will amaze you with its ability to fruit abundantly at a young age and small size. This is a DWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea).
- ✳️ Grows as a compact 6-7 ft tree.
- ✳️ Very aromatic fruit, Its feel and juiciness resembles that of a mango (it's Mango's close relative) but with completely different, delicious flavor.
- ✳️ Expect heavy fruit production within a year. Starts fruiting in winter and holds the fruit up to 6-8 months and more.
- ✳️ Perfect containerDWARF variety of June plum, or Ambarella (Spondias cytherea). fruit tree.
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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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What is the most bizarre flower? Starfish Flower
Starfish Flower (Stapelia gigantea), Carrion plant, Zulu Giant.
🌟 What is the most bizarre flower? Starfish Flower (Stapelia gigantea), Carrion plant, or Zulu Giant.
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- ✴️ Large, up to 12" wide flowers in shape of Star Fish.
- ✴️ Another name Carrion refers to its unique scent, similar to rotting meat. Oddly enough, pollinating flies can't resist it
- ✴️ The plant looks like a cactus, but it's really not, belonging to Milkweed family.
- ✴️ Makes a stunning container plant and a conversation piece!
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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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How to get Barbados Cherry Mini Version
Malpighia Nana - Dwarf Barbados Cherry
🍒 How to get Barbados Cherry Mini Version. Still equal to 65 oranges in Vitamin C!
Malpighia Nana - Dwarf Barbados Cherry, is a cute dense shrub that some garden enthusiasts grow as a bonsai, but not everyone knows that its fruit are not only edible, but much sweeter than regular Barbados Cherry we showed you earlier.
Dwarf Barbados Cherry is perfect exotic fruit that you can grow even on a windowsill!
📚 Growing Barbados Cherry in container
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Malpighia Nana - Dwarf Barbados Cherry, is a cute dense shrub that some garden enthusiasts grow as a bonsai, but not everyone knows that its fruit are not only edible, but much sweeter than regular Barbados Cherry we showed you earlier.
Dwarf Barbados Cherry is perfect exotic fruit that you can grow even on a windowsill!
📚 Growing Barbados Cherry in container
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