Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 9 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Watch out - Ball of Fire!

Combretum constrictum - Ball of Fire

🔥 Watch out - Ball of Fire!

Combretum constrictum - Ball of Fire - is very showy beautiful vining shrub with powderpuff red flowers.

🔴 Easy to grow and undemanding, it only requires regular water to establish, then can be drought tolerant.
🔴 Blooms almost year round in warm climates.
🔴 Responds well to pruning.
🔴 Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds

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Date: 8 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise

♥️ What is the most spectacular flowering shrub?

🔥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, or Bird of Paradise - is one of the most beautiful flowering shrubs. It is a low-maintenance yet visually striking plant to enhance outdoor spaces.

♦️ Prized for its stunning, vibrant flowers that resemble miniature versions of tropical flamboyant blooms.
♦️ Compact size
♦️ Easy to care of
♦️ Prolific blooming period
♦️ Resilience to heat and drought
♦️ Red, Yellow, and Pink flowering varieties available.

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Date: 7 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

The fragrance no one can resist!

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

💗 The fragrance no one can resist!

🐝 🍯 Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

🟠 The enchanting fragrance of the Honeysuckle is sweet and captivating, it has a universal appeal that everyone loves.
🟠 The alluring scent can evoke nostalgic memories and create a sense of tranquility, making it irresistible to anyone.
🟠 Honeysuckle is cherished for its fragrant, tubular flowers that attract pollinators like bees and butterflies, adding vibrancy to gardens. 🐞🐝
🟠 Its vigorous growth and ability to climb make it ideal for covering walls, fences, or arbors, providing both beauty and privacy.
🟠 One of the garden favorites! Its resilience and adaptability to various climates make it a versatile and enduring choice for gardeners worldwide.

🌡 This is a cold hardy tropical, can take some freeze once established.

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Date: 7 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind!

🌺 Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind! 👀

💀 Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, or Coral Hibiscus - earns its nickname due to the delicate, lacy appearance of its flowers. The Latin word schizopetalus literally means "crazy petals"! Flowers look like parachutes, with lacy petals bent backward. The petals are thin and elongated, resembling the intricate structure of a skeleton or bones! 💀

♦️ When the flowers bloom, they create a beautiful, ethereal effect, which has led to the association with the term "skeleton." This unique characteristic sets it apart from other hibiscus varieties, hence the distinctive moniker.
♦️ Spectacular weeping tree shape, it has slender and gracefully curved stems.
♦️ Rare and hard to find.
♦️ Grows rapidly and blooms freely.
♦️ Can be trained into a showy standard.

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Date: 7 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind!

Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, Coral Hibiscus

🌺 Have you ever seen a hibiscus like that? This flower will blow your mind! 👀

💀 Hibiscus schizopetalus - Skeleton Hibiscus, or Coral Hibiscus - earns its nickname due to the delicate, lacy appearance of its flowers. The Latin word schizopetalus literally means "crazy petals"! Flowers look like parachutes, with lacy petals bent backward. The petals are thin and elongated, resembling the intricate structure of a skeleton or bones! 💀

♦️ When the flowers bloom, they create a beautiful, ethereal effect, which has led to the association with the term "skeleton." This unique characteristic sets it apart from other hibiscus varieties, hence the distinctive moniker.
♦️ Spectacular weeping tree shape, it has slender and gracefully curved stems.
♦️ Rare and hard to find.
♦️ Grows rapidly and blooms freely.
♦️ Can be trained into a showy standard.

🛒 Get Skeleton Hibiscus

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Date: 6 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why they call this Clerodendrum Musical Notes?

Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note

🎶 Why they call this Clerodendrum Musical Notes?

Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note, Morning Kiss - has very unusual and showy flowers.

♪ The unopened flowers resemble musical notes, giving the plant its name.
♪ A compact grower and low-maintenance plant, perfect for gardens as it blooms well in both full sun and shade, and tolerates some drought ☀️☁️ .
♪ It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, making it a great choice for people who want to encourage wildlife in their gardens

🐞🐝.

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Date: 4 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer! Do you have one?

Cestrum nocturnum - Night blooming jasmine

🍬 Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer! Do you have one?

Cestrum nocturnum - Night blooming jasmine.

⭐️ This fast growing, dense shrub is a garden favorite, one of the most famous and desirable fragrant plants.

🌃 The sweetest fragrance at night is intoxicating.

🌄 Flowers are pale yellow to white, open at night and stay extremely fragrant until sunrise.

🙏 These flowers are widely used in India and other countries of South Asia for perfumery, medicinal applications and in religious ceremonies.

🏡 Best location will be near driveway, window or entrance, where the magic fragrance can be appreciated.

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Date: 2 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Fun Fact: Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae)

📖 Fun Fact: Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) is named for its unique red and white flowers that resemble... bleeding hearts! 😍

❣️Native to tropical West Africa
❣️ Spectacular, dramatic flowers look like a line of dangling hearts, each emerging from the other.
❣️ It's a climbing vine often grown as a houseplant or in gardens with a trellis for support.
❣️Winder heavy bloomer, but as long as you provide lots of light to it, it'll bloom most of the time.

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Date: 1 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to get a big flowering bush quickly?

Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff

Calliandra tweedii With Love - Red Tassel Flower

Calliandra selloi (brevipes) Pink Lilian

Calliandra surinamensis - Powderpuff

🏡 How to get a big flowering bush quickly? Calliandra - Powderpuff - is your answer for blocking the unwanted view!

💗 With so many varieties to choose from, Calliandras are the winners when you need to create a screen quickly. Just in one season you can have a nice dense shrub with benefits - the Powderpuff flowers are so pretty! Everbloomer.

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Date: 29 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?

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!

💙 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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