Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 17 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Fragrant Fried Eggs for bees and butterflies

Oncoba spinosa - Fried egg tree

🍳 Fragrant Fried Eggs for bees and butterflies 🐝

🟡 Oncoba spinosa - Fried egg tree - is a conversation piece in your garden.
🟡 A medium shrub or small tree.
🟡 Beautiful white and yellow camellia-like flowers look like 'fried eggs' when they drop off and fall on the ground with their yellow stamens facing upwards.
🟡 Flowers are honey-sweet fragrant and attract butterflies and bees.
🟡 The fruits have a sour, edible pulp.

🛒 Get a Fried egg tree

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Date: 16 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

The number one seller of tropical flowering shrubs:

Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea

⬆️ The number one seller of tropical flowering shrubs: Tropical Rose Hydrangea.

🌸 Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea is one of the showiest landscape plants and a real showstopper
🌸 Known as the tropical hydrangea due to similar flowers. Flowers are pink to rose in color.
🌸 Blooms from fall to spring. Blooms all winter, providing much-desired color
🌸 Grows up to 7 feet tall and about the same in width. Can be pruned to about 5 feet tall. Does well in a container.
🌸 Thrives in full sun to partial shade, tolerates poor soil. Fuller shrub and more flowers with more sun.

🌸 Serves as a nectar plant for many butterflies

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Date: 12 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

❤️ What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrums are one of the most favorite and rewarding flowering shrubs and vines for Southern landscape or indoor culture.

❤️ Free flowering, bloom year around
❤️ Undemanding and fast growing
❤️ Take sun or shade
❤️ Many species are fragrant
❤️ Attract butterflies and birds
❤️ Perfect for container culture, compact and manageable plants
❤️ Cold tolerant, quickly recover from cold damage, respond well to pruning.

📚 Clerodendrums mentioned earlier: Seaside Clerodendrum, Red Bleeding Heart, Bleeding Heart Vine, Musical Note, Glory Bower.

🎥 Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

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Date: 11 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Flamingo pink with a fruity fragrance, yet another variety

Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper

Flamingo pink with a fruity fragrance, yet another variety...

💕 This is a single-flower variety of Quisqualis we mentioned earlier.
💕 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: 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

🛒 Get your own Hawaiian Sunset

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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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Date: 28 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Would you like some Scrambled Eggs? Scrambled Egg Bush is a burst of sunshine, this splash of gold blooms on and on

Senna surattensis (Cassia glauca) - Scrambled Egg Bush

🍳 Would you like some Scrambled Eggs? Scrambled Egg Bush is a burst of sunshine, this splash of gold blooms on and on...

🌞 Senna surattensis (Cassia glauca) - Scrambled Egg Bush - produces vibrant, sunny yellow flowers that resemble scrambled eggs, adding a cheerful touch to your garden.
🌞 Long blooming season: flowers profusely throughout much of the year.
🌞 Compact: grows into a manageable, medium-sized shrub, perfect for smaller gardens or as a stunning focal point.
🌞 Low maintenance: easy to care for and requires minimal attention, making it ideal for busy gardeners.
🌞 Drought tolerant: thrives in dry conditions once established, reducing the need for frequent watering.
🌞 Attracts Pollinators: draws bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects, enhancing garden biodiversity.
🌞 Versatile: can be used as a standalone specimen, hedge, or in mixed borders for added interest.
🌞 Soil Improvement: enhances soil quality through nitrogen fixation, benefiting nearby plants.
🌞 Hardy and resilient: adapts well to cool winter, heat and poor soil.
🌞 Evergreen: retains its green leaves all year round, providing constant coverage and aesthetic appeal.

🛒 Order Scrambled Egg Bush

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Date: 28 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Dwarf Poinciana we have now in our Nursery - beautiful bushes in 3-15 gal pots, in full bloom

Dwarf Poinciana - Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Red

🔥 Dwarf Poinciana we have now in our Nursery - beautiful bushes in 3-15 gal pots, in full bloom. Spectacular show! ❤️

📚 See our previous post about Dwarf Poinciana.

🛒 Order online

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Date: 27 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What do you think about this Giant? This is the coolest looking flower!

Aristolochia gigantea var. Brasiliensis - Giant Pelican Flower

🐙 What do you think about this Giant? This is the coolest looking flower!

Aristolochia gigantea var. Brasiliensis - Giant Pelican Flower - is one of the most outrageous flowers in the world.
This striking plant from Brazil is known for its outrageous, huge - over ten-inch-long - lemon-scented flowers 🍋
Flowers have an elaborate pattern of white and mottled reddish brown.
Not a vigorous vine, making it easy to train on a stake, trellis, or in a hanging basket.
Rare and highly collectible variety.
Like all Dunchman's Pipes we mentioned earlier, this plant is a great butterfly attractor.

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Date: 27 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why sunflowers are growing on a tree?

Tree Marigold (Tithonia diversifolia)

🌼 Why sunflowers are growing on a tree?

🌻 Sunflower tree or Tree Marigold (Tithonia diversifolia) that we mentioned earlier, is a perfect choice when you need a fast-growing shrub to hide unwanted view in just a few months.
🌻 Beautiful sunflowers look really happy! The flowers that are about 3 inches wide.
🌻 When it's fully grown, Sunflower Tree is about 10 feet tall and 10 feet wide, like a big, cozy blanket.
🌻 Tolerates both cold and heat.
🌻 Attracts lots of butterflies and bees 🐝
🌻 If the winter was too cold, it still bounces back every spring, even stronger than before, like a champion.
🌻 Sunflower Tree is a tough, colorful dense plant that grows fast and makes your yard look awesome.

🛒 Get Sunflower Tree for your Happy Garden

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