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Date: 19 Jun 2024

What is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

👀 What is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world?

🍈 Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) reaches 80 pounds in weight and up to 36 inches long! It is one of the most fascinating fruit in the world.
  • ✳️ The fruit consists of large edible bulbs of yellow, sweet, banana-flavored aromatic flesh. 
  • ✳️ The fruit is so large and heavy that the tree has a smart feature to produce only at the base of the trunk.  So the tree can be (and should be) pruned annually to 7-12' producing as much as 200 lbs. of fruit per year!
  • ✳️ Seedlings start fruiting within 3-4 years.  Fruit ripen pretty quickly, 4-6 months from flower to maturity. 


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Date: 19 Jun 2024

Breaking news: flower smells of freshly baked bread! It smells so good, you want to eat it!

Vallaris glabra - Bread Flower

🍞 Breaking news: flower smells of freshly baked bread! It smells so good, you want to eat it!
  • 🍔 Vallaris glabra - Bread Flower - is one of the most impressive tropical vines that is very popular in Thailand and other South-East Asia countries.
  • 🍔 Moderate growth woody climber with clusters of freshly-baked-bread fragrant white flowers.
  • 🍔 Easy to care and tolerates wide range of conditions. It can be trained as a compact bush and is good for container culture.
  • 🍔 Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
  • 🍔 Relatively cold hardy, mild frost doesn't do any damage to it, even large tropical leaves stay glossy, green and healthy.
  • 🍔 It is very vigorous grower that can create nice privacy hedge or cover a large fence.


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Date: 18 Jun 2024

Why these cats have no tails?

Why these cats have no tails? Why these cats have no tails?
❌ Why these cats have no tails?

  • 🐾 Manx - the Tailless Cats:

    • Manx cats are a charming breed known for their lack of tails. Originating from the Isle of Man, they have a rich history and delightful personalities.


👉 Learn why they are tailless from this touching story: Timo and Matilda - Manx cats.

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Date: 18 Jun 2024

Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf

Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf
🔥 Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf Poinciana.

  • 🟥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, that we mentioned earlier, is probably number 1️⃣ flowering plant that everybody wants in their garden.

  • 🟥 Pride of Barbados, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock flower, Flower Fence - common names speak for themselves.

  • 🟥 National flower of Barbados.

  • 🟥 Comes in different colors - red, yellow, pink, orange...

  • 🟥 Eye-stopper! Showy flowers almost year round.

  • 🟥 Butterfly magnet


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Date: 18 Jun 2024

Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, with Monarch Butterfly

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, Red

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, Red

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, Yello

Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, Yello

🔥 Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf Poinciana.
  • 🟥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, that we mentioned earlier, is probably number 1 flowering plant that everybody wants in their garden.
  • 🟥 Pride of Barbados, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock flower, Flower Fence - common names speak for themselves.
  • 🟥 National flower of Barbados.
  • 🟥 Comes in different colors - red, yellow, pink, orange...
  • 🟥 Eye-stopper! Showy flowers almost year round.
  • 🟥 Butterfly magnet


🛒 Shop Dwarf Poinciana

#Hedges_with_benefits #Butterfly_Plants

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