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Date: 3 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

The truth about Seaside Clerodendrum: it can cover the whole beach!

Clerodendrum inerme - Sorcerer's Bush, Seaside Clerodendrum

🌊 The truth about Seaside Clerodendrum: it can cover the whole beach! 😎

✅ Need to cover a large area, slope, or a fence with a pretty, fragrant dense shrub just in one season? This is your plant!

🏖 Clerodendrum inerme, also known as Wild Jasmine, Sorcerer's Bush, or Seaside Clerodendrum, is perfect for covering large areas or fences quickly in just one season. This is perfect privacy plant!
🏖 It is called Seaside Clerodendrum for a reason! It grows anywhere, including sand and, as we discovered, even over hot black plastic ground cover 😎
🏖 Fast growing vining shrub with round, shiny, deep green leaves. Always in flower with white, fragrant blooms.
🏖 Extremely hardy: withstands cold, heat, salt, and drought. Not picky about soil (can grow on sand! it's seaside!) and tolerates drought well.
🏖 Ideal for coastal areas, tolerates salt spray and harsh sun, as well as shaded areas.
🏖 Versatile: suitable for topiary or bonsai.
🏖 Wind-tolerant and robust, making it a reliable choice for various settings.

🛒 Get your indestructible, fast growing Seaside Clerodendrum and have fun! 🏖

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Date: 2 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer!

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.

🛒 Order online

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Date: 30 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Tired of an ugly hedge? Replace it with Aglaia - Chinese Rice Flower, and enjoy Lemony Fragrance year around!

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant flowers

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant hedge

🍋 Tired of an ugly hedge? Replace it with Aglaia - Chinese Rice Flower, and enjoy Lemony Fragrance year around!

🟡 Aglaia odorata is also known as Chinese Perfume Plant, Chinese Rice Flower, or Mock Lemon.
🟡 The plant has an outstanding fragrance from tiny, rice-sized yellow flowers.
🟡 Aglaia grows into a dense bush without pruning. It is relatively slow-growing; so large plants are rare and hard to find.
🟡 Easy to grow bush, it is perfect for a cold tolerant tropical hedge.
🟡 Aglaia has many medicinal uses; contains odorine and odorinol, which have cancer chemopreventive activity.

🛒 Get a few bushes of Aglaia for lemony-fragrant hedge

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Date: 25 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to cover a fence quickly with a large impressive vine? Try Fragrant Butter Cup of Gold with Coconut fragrance!

Solandra maxima variegata

🌼 How to cover a fence quickly with a large impressive vine? Try Fragrant Butter Cup of Gold with Coconut fragrance!

🏆 Variegated Butter Cup, Cup-of-Gold or Chalice Vine - Solandra maxima variegata - is a stunning Vine with large fragrant flowers shaped like chalices.

☀️ Very fast growing and large plant, needing a strong support or a fence.
☀️ Boasts glossy variegated leaves with bright purple flush on new growth.
☀️ Large, showy off-white flowers shaped like chalices, up to 7" across, are truly spectacular with reflexed lobes marked with a purplish brown ridge.
☀️ Fragrant, especially at night, the flowers emit a coconut-like scent
☀️ Blooming intermittently, mainly in the winter dry season, this vine adds charm to any garden with its striking beauty.

🛒 Get your own Cup-of-Gold 🏆

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Date: 24 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Another flamingo pink Quisqualis in full bloom

Quisqualis

Another Flamingo pink Quisqualis in full bloom - you never have enough of this flower fruity fragrance!

🛒 Get your own Quisqualis vine

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Date: 25 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

The number one flower for shady spots! Every tropical gardener wants Brunfelsias: the magical, fragrant shrubs of Day and Night

Brunfelsia lactea

Brunfelsia australis

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Brunfelsia manaca

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Brunfelsia paucifolia

🌗 The number one flower for shady spots! Every tropical gardener wants Brunfelsias: the magical, fragrant shrubs of Day and Night.

💠 Brunfelsias are truly enchanting tropical flowers. There are two groups - purple-flowered and cream/white-flowered.
💠 All Brunfelsias are wonderfully fragrant.
💠 Perfect flowering shrub for shaded areas; ideal for growing in containers.
💠 Compact and graceful growers.
💠 Purple-flowered are known as Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow for their magical color transformation from purple to lavender to white over three days. Examples: B. grandiflora, B. paucifolia, B. australis.
💠 White-flowered: intensely fragrant at night, earning the name Lady of the Night.

💠 Hybrids: A standout hybrid is Brunfelsia isola, that we mentioned earlier. It is blending the best of both purple and white varieties, inheriting purple color from the purple parent and night fragrance from the white one.

📚 Learn more about purple Brunfelsias:
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

🛒 Shop different Brunfelsias

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Date: 20 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac!

Cornutia grandifolia, African lilac, Jamaican lilac, Tropical Lilac

What plant has fragrant leaves and flowers? Soft and fuzzy Tropical Lilac!

🟣 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.

🛒 Get aromatic Tropical Lilac

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Date: 19 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Flamingo pink with fruity fragrance!

Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper

Flamingo pink with fruity fragrance!

💕 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.

🛒 Get your own Quisqualis vine

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Date: 14 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine

Jasminum pubescens (multiflorum) - Angel Hair Jasmine

💫 What is a good plant for a fragrant elegant hedge? Discover the Angel Hair Jasmine.

💮 Jasminum pubescens (multiflorum), also known as Angel Hair Jasmine, is a beloved choice for landscapes, prized for its multitude of exceptional qualities.
💮 Bushy, dense vining shrub with star-like white flowers emitting a delightful fragrance.
💮 Soft, velvet-like leaves add to its charm.
💮 Rapid growth makes it ideal for creating lush hedges or adding vertical interest to garden spaces.
💮 Perfect for hedges, fences, or trellises, adding a touch of beauty and fragrance to any outdoor setting.

🛒 Make a fragrant hedge with Angel Hair Jasmine

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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.

🛒 Get Sweet Honeysuckle for your garden

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