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Date: 9 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Where does the tea come from?

Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf

☕️ Where does the tea come from? Tea Leaf Plant!

🍃 Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf. Yes, tea comes from a camellia!
🍃 Tea Leaf is a small evergreen tree, usually pruned back to shrubs in cultivation.
🍃 In the fall and winter, the plant will produce small white flowers with a lovely fragrance.
🍃 Tea is the second most commonly drank liquid on earth after water. It has numerous medicinal benefits mainly due to its antibacterial and antioxidant properties.
🍃 To grow Tea Leaf Plant, make sure to pick an area of your landscape where it does not flood or remain wet during our rainy season. Camellia sinensis do not like wet feet at all. They prefer well-drained, sandy and slightly acidic soil.

📚 Learn more: Tea Leaf Plant and Tea Harvesting Recipes

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Date: 9 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Would you like to spice Up Your Garden with Variegated Ginger?

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger flower

Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata Variegated Ginger

Would you like to spice Up Your Garden with Variegated Ginger?

🌿 Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata is a clumping ginger valued for its beautiful variegated foliage. With its colorful foliage and beautiful flowers, variegated ginger is a stunning ornamental.
🌿 Striking Foliage: Glossy green leaves with white striping add a pop of color and interest to your garden.
🌿 Unique Flowers: Unlike other gingers, its beautiful, fragrant, shell-like flowers droop from leafy stems, adding summer charm.
🌿 Perfect Size: This small shrub grows 2-4 feet tall and can be pruned for size control.
🌿 Moisture Lover: Keep the soil moist for happy, thriving plants.
🌿 Ideal Conditions: Thrives in shaded garden corners with organically rich, well-drained soil. Mulch for best results.
🌿 Low Maintenance: No serious insect or disease problems, making it an easy addition to your garden.
🌿 Indoor Option: Can be grown as a houseplant with bright light and humid conditions, reaching 3-4 feet indoors.
🌿 Edibe: Like every ginger, this ornamental beauty also has edible rhizomes.

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Date: 8 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Cats are connoisseurs of comfort

🐱 "Cats are connoisseurs of comfort." - James Herriot.

Good night🌜

📸 😺 👇 Share your cats in comments!

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Date: 8 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Spooky! Bat Head - Devil Flower here

👻 Spooky! Bat Head - Devil Flower here...

Bat Head Lily, Bat Flower, Devil Flower - or Tacca Lily - is one of the most exotic and bizarre flowers along with Amorphophallus, Sausage Tree and Clitoria.
Curious, bat-like inflorescence both in shape and color, with wide spreading, wing-like bracts of rich maroon-black, accompanied by long trailing filaments or "whiskers".
Perfect container plant for a greenhouse. Needs filtered light, prefers high humidity.
Comes in different species and colors: Black, White, Green: