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Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!
Colocasia sculenta Mojito, a spectacular variety of Elephant Ears, is a must for a rare plant collection:
- 🐘 Striking variegation: bold, mottled leaves in shades of green and dark purple, reminiscent of a refreshing mojito!
- 🐘 Large, impressive leaves: massive, heart-shaped leaves that create a dramatic and tropical look.
- 🐘Versatile: thrives in both sun and partial shade, making it adaptable to various garden locations.
- 🐘 Water-loving: ideal for bog gardens, ponds, or as a stunning addition to water features.
- 🐘 Container friendly: perfect for pots and containers, allowing you to bring its tropical charm to patios and balconies.
- 🐘 Fast growing: quickly establishes, providing lush foliage and rapid visual impact.
- 🐘 Low maintenance: minimal care once planted, making it a great choice for both beginner and experienced gardeners.
- 🐘 Heat and cold tolerant: performs well in warm climates. During cool winters, leaves may die back and regrow in Spring.
- 🐘 Edible tubers: produces edible corms (roots) that are a staple in many cuisines, adding a functional aspect to its beauty.
- 🐘 Unique garden accent: an eye-catching focal point or accent plant.
🛒 Get some Mojito for your garden
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What is the most popular and the easiest tropical fruit tree grown as a house plant?
No doubt about it - it's a Coffee tree!
- 🔸 Coffee is the most popular fruit tree suitable for indoors.
- 🔸 Coffee is shade loving plant, easy to grow, providing regular water.
- 🔸 Coffee grows into a beautiful dark green shrub or small tree.
- 🔸 The white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers are clustered and resemble gardenias to which they are related.
- 🔸 The whole fruit is edible, it is a small fleshy berry changing in color from green to yellow to red.
- 🔸 The seeds are the actual "coffee beans", they can easily be dried, roasted and ground at home.
🎁 Coffee is a perfect gift plant and a great indoor container fruit tree.
🎥 Coffee Tree Showcase · Grow your own: Free Coffee Everyday
🛒 Get your own Coffee Tree
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Black-black-black plant! Its totally black, thats right
Black ZZ Plant, Zamioculcas x Black Dragon
Black ZZ Plant, Zamioculcas x Black Dragon
Black ZZ Plant, Zamioculcas x Black Dragon
Black ZZ Plant, Zamioculcas x Black Dragon
- ▪️ Meet the elusive Black ZZ Plant, where the leaves of this dragon truly live up to its name with their mesmerizing black hue.
- ▪️Indoor plant enthusiasts may be familiar with its green counterpart, but this rare black variety is a collector's dream come true! You can see both green and black varieties on one of the photos.
- ▪️The Black ZZ Plant is a succulent marvel, boasting dark glossy foliage thanks to its high chlorophyll concentration - a rarity in the plant kingdom.
- ▪️With its exceptional ability to store water, the ZZ Plant can endure long periods without watering, earning its title as one of the most drought-tolerant plants on the planet.
- ▪️Sometimes referred to as the Aroid Palm, this ancient relic shares a unique characteristic with Gonatopus: its leaflets can detach, root, and form bulblets, a trait unseen in other aroids outside the Zamioculcadeae family.
- ▪️Witness the magic as juvenile leaves emerge green and transform into striking black as they mature, adding a touch of mystery and elegance to any indoor oasis.
Zamioculcas x Black Dragon - yes, the leaves of this Dragon are absolutely black!
🛒 Get the Black ZZ and surprise your friends
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Attention grabber: swollen trunk, giant leaves, and flowers just like corals! A must for bonsai collection
Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant
Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant flowers
Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant
Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant leaves
Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant caudex
- ♥️ Jatropha podagrica: commonly known as the Gout Plant, this plant is a true attention grabber and a must-have in any container garden, as well as in succulent or bonsai plant collection.
- ♥️ Features a distinctive bottle-like caudex and surprisingly large tropical leaves up to 10-12 inches in diameter. Just like you saw in Adeniums.
- ♥️ Thrives in the shade, where its leaves grow even larger.
- ♥️ Perfect for natural bonsai and makes an excellent potted plant or conversation piece in a small garden.
- ♥️ Grows only 2-3 feet high, with a knobby, swollen stem and eye-catching, coral-like red flowers in large terminal clusters.
- ♥️ Prefers partial sun and well-drained soil, and is very drought-tolerant.
- ♥️ Easy to care for, adding exotic flair and intrigue to any plant collection.
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