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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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What is this Lavender Marble Perfume? Is it a possible combination?
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night
🟣 What is this Lavender Marble Perfume? Is it a possible combination?
The flowers of this rare hybrid - Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night, are a "marble" twist of cream and purple, changing hue unpredictably. They are deliciously fragrant at night.
❓ Why such an unusual combination?
👑 A must have 1 for rare fragrant plant collection!
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The flowers of this rare hybrid - Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night, are a "marble" twist of cream and purple, changing hue unpredictably. They are deliciously fragrant at night.
❓ Why such an unusual combination?
- 🌟 Nocturnum flowers (fragrant at night) are mostly white or off-white. This rare Brunfelsia is a cross between B. americana and B. grandiflora.
- 🌟Brunfelsia isola has the benefit of fragrant cream-colored brunfelsia and light purple color from the other parent. 👫
- 🌟 Flowers change sometimes to cream-yellow, remaining purple margins.
👑 A must have 1 for rare fragrant plant collection!
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Brown thumb? No problem
Peperomia x scandens - Emerald Girl
Peperomia x scandens - Emerald Girl
Peperomia x scandens - Emerald Girl
👍🏾 Brown thumb? No problem. This is how to get an indestructible massive indoor plant that is easier than a plastic plant!
🌿 Peperomia x scandens - Emerald Girl is the most exceptional plant we've ever seen.
- doesn't care about water
- doesn't care about light
- doesn't care about cats messing with it
- just keeps growing, and growing, and growing...
😵 It is an indoor miracle!
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🌿 Peperomia x scandens - Emerald Girl is the most exceptional plant we've ever seen.
- doesn't care about water
- doesn't care about light
- doesn't care about cats messing with it
- just keeps growing, and growing, and growing...
😵 It is an indoor miracle!
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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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Can you grow a Crocodile? This is how to grow an Alligator
Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern
Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern
Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern
Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, Crocodile Fern
🐊 Can you grow a Crocodile? This is how to grow an Alligator...
Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, or Crocodile Fern - is from Australasia.
👽 Very unusual looking, epiphytic fern with cool alligator-skin looking leaves. The strikingly shaped, light green fronds of the fern form a lovely backdrop to its stunning stiff, leathery, dark green alligator-skin foliage.
Grows to 2-3 ft in height. Grow it as a houseplant, or plant under a tree.
🌳 Perfect for shade! Likes a sheltered, semi-shaded location, with no direct sunlight.
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Microsorum musifolium - Alligator Fern, or Crocodile Fern - is from Australasia.
👽 Very unusual looking, epiphytic fern with cool alligator-skin looking leaves. The strikingly shaped, light green fronds of the fern form a lovely backdrop to its stunning stiff, leathery, dark green alligator-skin foliage.
Grows to 2-3 ft in height. Grow it as a houseplant, or plant under a tree.
🌳 Perfect for shade! Likes a sheltered, semi-shaded location, with no direct sunlight.
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Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?
Mazabuka, Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus)
Mazabuka, Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus)
Mazabuka, Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus)
Mazabuka, Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus)
Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?
You already saw one unusual blue flower of Tropics - Lead Flower. This one is even more interesting!
👄 Mazabuka, or Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus) has mauve-blue, unusually lipped flowers that are lightly violet-lavender-fragrant!
🐝🐦 The numerous flowers produced in summer are attractive to pollinating insects which encourage insect-feeding birds into the garden.
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You already saw one unusual blue flower of Tropics - Lead Flower. This one is even more interesting!
👄 Mazabuka, or Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus) has mauve-blue, unusually lipped flowers that are lightly violet-lavender-fragrant!
- 💙 Blue Lips create a pretty floral display on this shade-loving shrub with its attractive glossy green foliage.
- 💙 Flowers are mauve-blue to purple and the lower petals are ribbed, giving the impression of lips, hence the common name.
- 💙 Five fringed lobes, equal in size, short and rounded, are the flowers distinguishing feature.
- 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!
🐝🐦 The numerous flowers produced in summer are attractive to pollinating insects which encourage insect-feeding birds into the garden.
📚 Learn more: Surprising Violet fragrance of the Blue Lips
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Its not a wine, its a vine! But everyone wants it! Spectacular show of Cabernet flowers
Allamanda x violacea Cabernet - Wine Red Allamanda
🍷 It's not a wine, it's a vine! But everyone wants it! Spectacular show of Cabernet flowers.
♥️ Allamanda x violacea Cabernet - Wine Red Allamanda - is a new hybrid between A. cathartica and A. violacea. We can't propagate enough of it, everyone wants it once the see it in fool bloom. Which is almost year around!
🔴 Spectacular flowering vine, great as a gift, as well as specimen container plant.
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♥️ Allamanda x violacea Cabernet - Wine Red Allamanda - is a new hybrid between A. cathartica and A. violacea. We can't propagate enough of it, everyone wants it once the see it in fool bloom. Which is almost year around!
🔴 Spectacular flowering vine, great as a gift, as well as specimen container plant.
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Watch out - Ball of Fire!
Combretum constrictum - Ball of Fire
Combretum constrictum - Ball of Fire
Combretum constrictum - 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.
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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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The fragrance no one can resist!
Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle
💗 The fragrance no one can resist!
🐝 🍯 Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle
🌡 This is a cold hardy tropical, can take some freeze once established.
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- 🟠 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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