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#Butterfly_Plants - Butterfly attracting plants.
#Container_Garden - Plants suitable for container garden and indoor culture.
#Fertilizers - All the truth about fertilizers, plant food supplements, and our recommendations for different types of plants.
#Food_Forest - Fruit trees, Spice plants, and Edibles.
Including: #Avocado, #Mango, #Papaya, #Guava, #Jackfruit, #Loquat
📖 #Fun_Facts - interesting plant facts and legends.
🌳 #Hedges_with_benefits - Practical approach to your landscape and how to properly select showy and useful plants for your yard.
♍️ #Horoscope - Plant Horoscopes and Cat Horoscopes. Did you know that cats also have their Zodiac signs?
🛠 #How_to - Q&A about growing plants, tropical garden lifehacks.
👀 #Nature_Wonders - Unusual, amusing, outrageous, bizarre plants...
🐈 #PeopleCats - our Favorite PeopleCats (and some PeopleDogs, too).
🌸 #Perfume_Plants - Fragrant plants and perfume trees.
✍️ #Quotes - Interesting quotes.
#Recipes - Exotic recipes for tropical fruit and edibles.
💊 #Remedies - Medicinal plants.
☁️ #Shade_Garden - Plants suitable for low light conditions.
🌼 #Trees - Spectacular flowering tropical trees.
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Follow these tags to find your interests:
#Butterfly_Plants - Butterfly attracting plants.
#Container_Garden - Plants suitable for container garden and indoor culture.
#Fertilizers - All the truth about fertilizers, plant food supplements, and our recommendations for different types of plants.
#Food_Forest - Fruit trees, Spice plants, and Edibles.
Including: #Avocado, #Mango, #Papaya, #Guava, #Jackfruit, #Loquat
📖 #Fun_Facts - interesting plant facts and legends.
🌳 #Hedges_with_benefits - Practical approach to your landscape and how to properly select showy and useful plants for your yard.
♍️ #Horoscope - Plant Horoscopes and Cat Horoscopes. Did you know that cats also have their Zodiac signs?
🛠 #How_to - Q&A about growing plants, tropical garden lifehacks.
👀 #Nature_Wonders - Unusual, amusing, outrageous, bizarre plants...
🐈 #PeopleCats - our Favorite PeopleCats (and some PeopleDogs, too).
🌸 #Perfume_Plants - Fragrant plants and perfume trees.
✍️ #Quotes - Interesting quotes.
#Recipes - Exotic recipes for tropical fruit and edibles.
💊 #Remedies - Medicinal plants.
☁️ #Shade_Garden - Plants suitable for low light conditions.
🌼 #Trees - Spectacular flowering tropical trees.
🏆 #Win - Contests, Sweepstakes, and other specials.
Join and share with friends👇🏵
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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.
📚 Learn more: Surprising Violet fragrance of the Blue Lips
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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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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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We Grow Happiness
- 💙 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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Why sunflowers are growing on a tree?
Tree Marigold (Tithonia diversifolia)
Tree Marigold (Tithonia diversifolia)
Tree Marigold (Tithonia diversifolia)
Tree Marigold (Tithonia diversifolia)
🌼 Why sunflowers are growing on a tree?
🌻 Beautiful sunflowers look really happy! The flowers that are about 3 inches wide.
🌻 When it's fully grown, Sunflower Tree is about 10 feet tall and 10 feet wide, like a big, cozy blanket.
🌻 Tolerates both cold and heat.
🌻 Attracts lots of butterflies and bees 🐝
🌻 If the winter was too cold, it still bounces back every spring, even stronger than before, like a champion.
🌻 Sunflower Tree is a tough, colorful dense plant that grows fast and makes your yard look awesome.
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Why this Bleeding Heart is bleeding pink?
Clerodendrum speciosum - Red Bleeding Heart
❤️ Why this Bleeding Heart is bleeding pink?
Clerodendrum speciosum, also known as the Red Bleeding Heart, is a captivating twist on the classic Bleeding Heart, C. thomsoniae that we mentioned earlier.
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Clerodendrum speciosum, also known as the Red Bleeding Heart, is a captivating twist on the classic Bleeding Heart, C. thomsoniae that we mentioned earlier.
- ❣️ Features stunning pink bracts and vibrant red heart-shaped flowers, enhancing the charm of the original variety.
- ❣️ Vigorous and fast-growing vine, perfect for creating a privacy hedge (as on the video) or a cascading floral display over a fence.
- ❣️ Butterflies and bees adore its bright pink-and-red flowers, making it a pollinator-friendly choice 🐝
- ❣️ Ideal for quickly covering fences or structures with its lush, showy blooms in just one season.
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Another flamingo pink Quisqualis in full bloom
Quisqualis
Another Flamingo pink Quisqualis in full bloom - you never have enough of this flower fruity fragrance!
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Purple sandpaper? You cant get enough of this purple! And it has plenty of it: Queens Wreath
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
Petrea volubilis, Queen's Wreath, Sandpaper vine
💜👑 Purple sandpaper? You can't get enough of this purple! And it has plenty of it: Queen's Wreath.
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- 🟣 Petrea volubilis, also known as Queen's Wreath or Sandpaper vine, is a twining vine with large, rough leaves - just like a sandpaper!
- 🟣 But look at the flowers - spectacular Royal show! Does it remind you of a Northern Wisteria? It is actually another common name of Petrea - Tropical Wisteria.
- 🟣 The tall clusters of purple flowers, reaching over 1 foot long 👀 are truly spectacular.
- 🟣 Thriving in warm and humid conditions, its blooms last a couple of days, but the blue calices persist much longer, and more new flowers are coming every day.
- 🟣 Attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds 🐝
- 🟣 This woody vine grows fast and can cover a large fence within just a couple of seasons. It's a show stopper! 👏
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Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower?
Gmelina philippensis, Parrot's Beak
Gmelina philippensis, Parrot's Beak
Gmelina philippensis, Parrot's Beak
Gmelina philippensis, Parrot's Beak
Why is it called Parrot Beak Flower?
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- 🔸 Gmelina philippensis, also known as Parrot's Beak, is a unique round shrub with whimsical pendant branches and leaves.
- 🔸 Leaves and flowers unmistakably resemble a parrot's beak, adding endless whimsy to the garden.
- 🔸 Vibrant yellow blossoms hang upside-down, creating a perpetual garden carnival all year long.
- 🔸 It is a butterfly magnet!
- 🔸 The leaves, in their comical way, mimic a parrot doing a joyful handstand. Vibrant and green, they bring smiles effortlessly.
- 🔸 Low-maintenance, sun-loving plant, it grows fast, making it suitable for garden centerpieces or live hedges.
- 🔸 Water-wise and tolerant of dry spells, it adds a touch of the tropics to any garden while requiring minimal care.
🎥 Watch YouTube Video about Parrot's Beak
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What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac!
Cornutia grandifolia, African lilac, Jamaican lilac, Tropical Lilac
Cornutia grandifolia, African lilac, Jamaican lilac, Tropical Lilac
Cornutia grandifolia, African lilac, Jamaican lilac, Tropical Lilac
What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac!
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- 🟣 Cornutia grandifolia, also known as African lilac, Jamaican lilac, or Tropical Lilac, is a fast-growing, large shrub with astonishing fragrant velvet leaves.
- 🟣 Tall stalks shoot out multiple lavender blue flowers, creating an outstanding display.
- 🟣 Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds, it adds life to any garden with its lively inflorescence
- 🟣 Leaves can grow very large, up to 10" wide. They are fuzzy, very soft to touch, and aromatic, emitting pleasant tobacco-like scent when rubbed.
- 🟣 Relatively cold hardy, Tropical Lilac thrives in full sun or semi-shade positions, bringing joy with its pleasant aroma and beautiful blooms.
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Flamingo pink with fruity fragrance!
Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper
Flamingo pink with fruity fragrance!
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- 💕 Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper - is an extremely beautiful plant.
- 💕 Shrubby vine with pale-pink to deep crimson star shaped flowers, covering the entire plant when in full bloom.
- 💕 It's scent is unforgettable, fruity and intoxicating...
- 💕 The flowers are born in clusters and each flower has many variations of color, depending on how old the flower is.
- 💕 The flower starts out white and or pink striped and turn solid pink and finally dark pink on maturity.
- 💕 Can grow into large woody vine covering a fence or big trellis.
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