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Shocking content: flowers with ladys parts used for making tea
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea Blue
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea Lavender
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea White double flower
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea Blue
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea Blue Double flower
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea White
Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea Blue Tea
Shocking content: flowers with lady's parts used for making tea...
Now that you've met the Sausage Tree, it's time to introduce you to Clitoria...
📚 Learn more about Clitoria and its Tea Infusion
🛒 Get your own Clitoria Vine for fun and Blue Tea
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#Remedies #Butterfly_Plants #Food_Forest
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Now that you've met the Sausage Tree, it's time to introduce you to Clitoria...
- 💙 Clitoria ternatea - also called Butterfly Pea, has distinctive, delicate blooms resembling certain anatomical features... These curious flowers have the shape of
clitoris - hence the name of the plant. - 💙 Nature's Wink: the Clitoria vine boasts these beautiful sexy flowers in vibrant shades of blue, white, or purple. They’re an absolute showstopper!
- 💙 Herbal Benefits: beyond its looks, the clitoria flower is known for its traditional uses as a herbal tea, including stress relief and cognitive support. The flowers also used in salads. The plant is both pretty and practical!
- 💙 Blue Tea is a caffeine-free herbal tea, or Tisane - a beverage made from a decoction or infusion of the Clitoria flower. This stunning blue tea changes color with a squeeze of lemon 🍋 - science and beauty in your cup!⛾
- 💙 In Thailand and Vietnam the Blue Tea is mixed with honey and lemon for a drink served after dinner, or as a refreshment at hotels and spas; a preparation called Nam Dok Anchan in Thai.
- 💙 Pollinator's Paradise: Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators can't resist Clitoria's allure 🐝
- 💙 Easy to grow: Clitoria vine is a gardener’s dream. It is very delicate, fine vine that is both fast growing and easy to control. It can cover a small fence, trellis in a few months. It is also great for containers - this vine will grow just the way you want it.
📚 Learn more about Clitoria and its Tea Infusion
🛒 Get your own Clitoria Vine for fun and Blue Tea
#Nature_Wonders #Recipes #Fun_Facts
#Remedies #Butterfly_Plants #Food_Forest
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What is your favorite Mango variety? - the most Frequently Asked Question about fruit trees
Mango and cat
Mango Alphonso
Mango Maha Chinook
Mango Fralan
Mango Fruit Cocktail
Mango Nam Doc Mai
What is your favorite Mango variety? - the most Frequently Asked Question about fruit trees.
❤️ Top 5 Favorite Mango we just love:
❓ What is your favorite Mango variety?
Share yours in comments! 👇
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❤️ Top 5 Favorite Mango we just love:
- 1. Alphonso - the best Indian cultivar in terms of sweetness and flavor. One of the rarest varieties and sought after - sweet large juice fruit. Coconut-like flavor. Shop➡️
- 2. Maha Chinook - Many consider it the best mango had ever tasted. Very rare mango variety from Singapore. This variety is semi-dwarf and great for pot culture. Nam Doc Mai close relative.
- 3. Fralan - Super reliable producer and hardy tree. Green fruit, sweet and juicy. Fralan means "Thunder" - as the fruit cracks when peeled.
- 4. Fruit Cocktail - Flavor is an amazing palette of different fruit, with citrus, pineapple, and guava notes.
- 5. Nam Doc Mai - It's not just us, everyone loves this Mango! The most popular variety: semi-dwarf and great for pot culture. Eaten green or ripe, a Thailand favorite. It is hands down the most sought after of the Asian mangoes and for good reason.
❓ What is your favorite Mango variety?
Share yours in comments! 👇
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Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!
🍹 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:
🛒 Get some Mojito for your garden
#Nature_Wonders #Food_Forest #Container_Garden #Shade_Garden
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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
#Nature_Wonders #Food_Forest #Container_Garden #Shade_Garden
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Craving a Mojito? Beat the Summer heat with Mojito Elephant Ears!
Colocasia sculenta Mojito
Colocasia sculenta Mojito
Mojito
Colocasia sculenta Mojito
🍹 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:
🛒 Get some Mojito for your garden
#Nature_Wonders #Food_Forest #Container_Garden #Shade_Garden
🏵 TopTropicals
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
#Nature_Wonders #Food_Forest #Container_Garden #Shade_Garden
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What can be better than a Cherry? Cherry juice!
Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra)
Barbados Cherry juice
🍒 What can be better than a Cherry? Cherry juice!
🍷 Barbados Cherry is a vigorous grower that starts producing right away, and by the second year you have so much fruit that you don't know what to do with it - you can eat only so much fruit out of hand!
🍷 Here is our Top Tropicals Signature Recipe -
🍒Barbados Cherry Juice:
1. Collect berries and rinse them with cold water
2. In a bowl, press the fruit with a potato musher, spoon or cup, and drain the fresh juice into a cup - put the juice aside.
3. Add a few spoons of sugar to the mush (optional), push-mush some more to extract more juice.
4. Add to the remaining mushed pulp some hot boiled water, stir, and let sit for a couple of hours.
5. Drain the liquid through a colander (you may add a little extra water in the process of extracting more tasty pulp out) and add to the fresh juice you made earlier. 6. Refrigerate for an hour, then serve in a clear glass to enjoy the color.
🎀 The Barbados Cherry juice made this way tastes very similar to Guava juice. It is very aromatic and tasty, and has a beautiful Baby-pink color!
❤️ Enjoy and stay healthy!
🍊 Remember Barbados Cherry fruit contains 65 times more of vitamin C than an orange!
📚 Learn more about Barbados Cherry
🛒 Order Barbados Cherry Tree
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🍒Barbados Cherry Juice:
1. Collect berries and rinse them with cold water
2. In a bowl, press the fruit with a potato musher, spoon or cup, and drain the fresh juice into a cup - put the juice aside.
3. Add a few spoons of sugar to the mush (optional), push-mush some more to extract more juice.
4. Add to the remaining mushed pulp some hot boiled water, stir, and let sit for a couple of hours.
5. Drain the liquid through a colander (you may add a little extra water in the process of extracting more tasty pulp out) and add to the fresh juice you made earlier. 6. Refrigerate for an hour, then serve in a clear glass to enjoy the color.
🎀 The Barbados Cherry juice made this way tastes very similar to Guava juice. It is very aromatic and tasty, and has a beautiful Baby-pink color!
❤️ Enjoy and stay healthy!
🍊 Remember Barbados Cherry fruit contains 65 times more of vitamin C than an orange!
📚 Learn more about Barbados Cherry
🛒 Order Barbados Cherry Tree
#Food_Forest #Recipes
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