Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 11 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why Dutchmans Pipe is the best butterfly attracting vine? Smell it!

Aristolochia trilobata - Birthwort Dutchman's Pipe

Why Dutchman's Pipe is the best butterfly attracting vine? Smell it!

Without any doubt, Aristolochia, or Dutchman's Pipe, is one of the best butterfly plants.

🍃 Aristolochia trilobata - Birthwort Dutchman's Pipe is celebrated for its unique and intricate flowers that resemble Dutch smoking pipes, hence its name.
🍃Dutchman's Pipe flowers emit a scent mimicking decaying matter, which certain butterfly species, like the Pipevine Swallowtail, find irresistible 💩🙄
🍃The butterflies lay their eggs on the plant, as it serves as a suitable host for their larvae, contributing to the plant's ecological significance by promoting pollination and biodiversity.
🍃 As a result, it not only beautifies gardens but also supports local butterfly populations, enriching the ecosystem.
🍃 Beyond its distinctive appearance, it's valued for its historical use in traditional medicine, particularly for its alleged healing properties.

🛒 Bring butterflies to your garden!

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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: 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

🐞🐝.

🛒 Get some Music Notes for your garden

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Date: 28 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is Lions Ears: the plant that keeps growing through the flower!

Lion's Ears - Leonotis leonurus

What is Lion's Ears: the plant that keeps growing "through the flower"!

Leonotis leonurus is another Nature's Wonder. Flower petals purportedly resemble Lion's ears, and bunch of upper leaves from a distance resemble Lions tails. A curious thing, the plant continues growing through the flower! This creates a multi-level appearance.

Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. Everblooming.

⚕️ Used in Eastern medicine

📚 More about Leonotis Lion's Ears

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Date: 26 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

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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Date: 18 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the best fast growing flowering shrub to hide an unwanted view? Sunflower Tree will do the job just in one season!

Sunflower Tree, Tree Marigold

🌼 What is the best fast growing flowering shrub to hide an unwanted view? Sunflower Tree will do the job just in one season!

Sunflower Tree, or Tree Marigold, is a fast-growing shrub, an ideal option for quickly concealing unsightly areas with its rapid growth. Not only does it provide effective coverage, but it also boasts cheerful, sunflower-like blooms!

Reaching heights and widths of approximately 10 feet, this resilient plant withstands light freezes and rejuvenates vigorously each spring. Sunflower - is for Happy Garden!

🌼 Order Sunflower Tree

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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.

🛒 Get your own Dwarf Poinciana

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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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Date: 24 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What plant is fragrant, easy and fast growing? Cashmere Bouquet!

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet

💐 What plant is fragrant, easy and fast growing? Cashmere Bouquet!

Clerodendrum bungei - Glory Bower, Cashmere bouquet.

🌸 Need a fast growing, spreading shrub for privacy? Cashmere bouquet is a shrub with benefits - the flowers are beautiful and sweetly fragrant.

Also ideal for the container grown patio plant.

Attracts butterflies to the large flower trusses.

🌡 Hardy to zone 8.

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