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Date: 8 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

The Drama you want in your garden: dazzling Medinilla!

Medinilla plant

Medinilla plant orange

Medinilla plant

🌺 The Drama you want in your garden: dazzling Medinilla!

🎀 Show-Stopping Blooms: The Medinilla plant is known for its spectacular, dramatic clusters of pink, pendulous flowers that cascade like floral chandeliers - perfect for turning heads!
🎀 Tropical Flair: With its lush, leathery leaves and exotic appearance, the medinilla adds a touch of the tropics to any indoor or outdoor space.
🎀 Conversation Starter: Its unique and eye-catching flowers make the Medinilla a true centerpiece, sparking admiration and conversation among garden visitors.
🎀 Low Maintenance: Despite its luxurious look, the Medinilla is surprisingly easy to care for, thriving in indirect light (loves shade!) and only moderate watering.
🎀 Pollinator's Delight: The vibrant blooms attract a variety of pollinators, making your garden not only more beautiful but also more buzzing with life 🐞🐝
🎀 Year-Round Beauty: Unlike many plants that only shine for a season, the Medinilla can bloom multiple times a year.

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Date: 23 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Index of TopTropicals Telegram Channel

🗂 Index of TopTropicals Telegram Channel

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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.

🏆 #Win - Contests, Sweepstakes, and other specials.

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Date: 1 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?

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!

💙 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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Date: 29 Apr 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?

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!

💙 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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Date: 6 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the symbol of exotic allure? Meet legendary Coral Trees -

Coral Tree - Erythrina - Butea monosperma

Coral Tree - Erythrina

Coral Tree - Erythrina crysta-galli

What is the symbol of exotic allure? Meet legendary Coral Trees - Erythrinas...

💋 Vivid red blooms: striking, coral-red flowers that create a breathtaking visual display.
💋 Eye-catching: makes a stunning focal point with its bold and vibrant floral clusters.
💋 Fast-growing: quickly develops into a magnificent tree.
💋 Unique branch structure: an interesting, sculptural form that adds architectural interest even when not in bloom.
💋 Pollinator magnet: attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies, supporting local wildlife. 🐞🐝
💋 Drought tolerant: withstands dry conditions once established.
💋 Adaptable: thrives in a range of soils, demonstrating versatility and hardiness.
💋 Low maintenance: requires minimal care.
💋 Legendary beauty: often considered a symbol of exotic allure, brings a touch of the extraordinary to a Southern landscape.

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Date: 5 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

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...

💙 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

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Date: 4 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

The perfect vine is finally found! Everybody wants it: the breathtaking dramatic Hawaiian Sunset

Stictocardia beraviensis - Hawaiian Sunset Bell

🔔 The perfect vine is finally found! Everybody wants it: the breathtaking dramatic Hawaiian Sunset.

Stictocardia beraviensis - Hawaiian Sunset Bell - has a stunning flower has splendid rich tones that are a marvel to see!

❤️ Breathtaking flowers: stunning tri-color blossoms with rich, dramatic sunset tones that captivate and delight.
❤️ Super-fast growing: quickly establishes, adding lush greenery over a large fence and vibrant blooms to your garden in just one season.
❤️ Versatile light tolerance: thrives in conditions ranging from full sun to deep shade, adapting to various garden spots.
❤️ Scented blooms: fills the air with a pleasant fragrance.
❤️ Tropical foliage: features huge, up to 12" wide, velvety leaves that provide a lush, exotic appearance.
❤️ Year-round blooms: flowers sporadically throughout the year, ensuring continuous beauty.
❤️ Cold tolerant: resistant to cold spells, grows back vigorously in Spring.
❤️ Container friendly: can be grown in container with a large trellis, but be prepared to frequent pruning - it grows fast.
❤️ A must-have tropical vine: an essential addition to any tropical plant collection for its striking appearance and easy care.

📚 Learn more: Stunning Hawaiian Sunset

🎥 Watch the secret Life of Two Bees inside the Hawaiian Sunset flower

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Date: 2 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How to attract more butterflies to your garden?

Monarch Butterfly

Milkweed

Odontonema

Giant Milkweed

How to attract more butterflies to your garden?

Attracting butterflies to your garden can be a fun and rewarding experience. Here are some tips to help you create a butterfly-friendly environment.

💐 Choose the right plants: butterflies are attracted to nectar-producing flowers such as odontonemas.
💐 Plant lots of bright flowers, especially of yellow and pink colors like some cassias which seem to be the pleasant to butterfly's eye.
💐 Use a variety of flowers to attract different species of butterflies. Check the list of butterfly-attracting tropical plants.
💐 Provide food for caterpillars: butterflies lay their eggs on specific host plants that caterpillars will eat. For example, monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed. Passion flower (Passiflora) and Aristolochia that we introduced earlier, are also great butterfly hosts, but be prepared to sacrifice some leaves!
💐 Provide a water source: butterflies need a source of water to drink from. A shallow dish or birdbath with rocks in it will provide a place for butterflies to rest and drink.
💐 Avoid using pesticides: they can harm butterflies and other beneficial insects. Try using natural methods to control pests in your garden.
💐 Create a sunny spot: butterflies love warm, sunny spots. Plant your butterfly garden in an area that receives at least six hours of direct sunlight each day.
💐 Add a butterfly house to provide shelter for butterflies during bad weather and at night.

📸 Milkweed, Odontonema, Giant Milkweed

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Date: 2 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree

Cassia siamea - Kassod Tree (Siamese Senna)

🌻 What is a perfect shade tree with flower benefits? Discover the sunny Kassod Tree...

🟡 Cassia siamea - Kassod Tree (Siamese Senna) is a remarkable subtropical tree known for several special features:
🟡 Fast Growing, making it an excellent choice for quick shade and ornamental use.
🟡 Bright yellow flowers that bloom in clusters, adding a vibrant splash of color.
🟡 Evergreen foliage: lush green leaves year-round, providing continuous beauty and shade.
🟡 Hardy: highly resilient and can thrive in a variety of soil types and conditions, including poor soils and dry climates. Tolerates both light frost and summer heat.
🟡 Low maintenance, easy care, not messy, making it an ideal choice for both novice and experienced gardeners.
🟡 Nitrogen fixation: Improves soil fertility by fixing nitrogen, benefiting surrounding plants and enhancing garden productivity.
🟡 Medicinal use: herbal medicine (laxative properties and to treat various ailments).
🟡 Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, supporting local biodiversity and ecosystem health 🐞🐝
🟡 Shade provider: Ideal for creating shaded areas in gardens and landscapes, contributing to a cooler environment during hot weather.

🛒 Add shade and color to your garden with Kassod Tree

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Date: 1 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Try cleaning bottles with this brush!

Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.)

Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.) Little John

Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.)

♨️ Try cleaning bottles with this brush!

🍾 Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.) is renowned for its spectacular, fire-red brush-like flowers and landscape appeal.
🍾 Originated from Australia, this exotic tree can add a touch of exotic charm to any landscape.
🍾 Cold hardy to zone 8, tolerates both cold and heat.
🍾 Its striking, vibrant flowers resemble bottle brushes.
🍾 Attracts pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds with its nectar-rich blooms.
🍾 Adds a burst of color and texture to gardens and landscapes.
🍾 Ideal for creating focal points, hedges, or as standalone specimens.
🍾 Thrives in warm climates and is drought-tolerant once established, making it a low-maintenance choice for Southern landscapes.
🍾 Offers many varieties, including the dwarf 'Little John,' perfect for containers, reaching only 4ft tall.

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