🍹 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:

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  🐘 Striking variegation: bold, mottled leaves in shades of green and dark purple, reminiscent of a refreshing mojito!
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  🐘 Large, impressive leaves: massive, heart-shaped leaves that create a dramatic and tropical look.
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  🐘Versatile: thrives in both sun and partial shade, making it adaptable to various garden locations.
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  🐘 Water-loving: ideal for bog gardens, ponds, or as a stunning addition to water features.
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  🐘 Container friendly: perfect for pots and containers, allowing you to bring its tropical charm to patios and balconies.
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  🐘 Fast growing: quickly establishes, providing lush foliage and rapid visual impact.
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  🐘 Low maintenance: minimal care once planted, making it a great choice for both beginner and experienced gardeners.
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  🐘 Heat and cold tolerant: performs well in warm climates. During cool winters, leaves may die back and regrow in Spring.
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  🐘 Edible tubers: produces edible corms (roots) that are a staple in many cuisines, adding a functional aspect to its beauty.
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  🐘 Unique garden accent: an eye-catching focal point or accent plant.

🛒 Get some Mojito for your garden

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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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🍬 Why everybody wants this plant? Intoxicating sweet fragrance is the answer! Do you have one?

Cestrum nocturnum - Night blooming jasmine.

⭐️ This fast growing, dense shrub is a garden favorite, one of the most famous and desirable fragrant plants.

🌃 The sweetest fragrance at night is intoxicating.

🌄 Flowers are pale yellow to white, open at night and stay extremely fragrant until sunrise.

🙏 These flowers are widely used in India and other countries of South Asia for perfumery, medicinal applications and in religious ceremonies.

🏡 Best location will be near driveway, window or entrance, where the magic fragrance can be appreciated.

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

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  🟡 Cassia siamea - Kassod Tree (Siamese Senna) is a remarkable subtropical tree known for several special features:
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  🟡 Fast Growing, making it an excellent choice for quick shade and ornamental use.
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  🟡 Bright yellow flowers that bloom in clusters, adding a vibrant splash of color.
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  🟡 Evergreen foliage: lush green leaves year-round, providing continuous beauty and shade.
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  🟡 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.
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  🟡 Low maintenance, easy care, not messy, making it an ideal choice for both novice and experienced gardeners.
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  🟡 Nitrogen fixation: Improves soil fertility by fixing nitrogen, benefiting surrounding plants and enhancing garden productivity.
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  🟡 Medicinal use: herbal medicine (laxative properties and to treat various ailments).
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  🟡 Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, supporting local biodiversity and ecosystem health 🐞🐝
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  🟡 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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