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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.

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☕️ What is the most popular and the easiest tropical fruit tree grown as a house plant?

No doubt about it - it's a Coffee tree!

• 🔸 Coffee is the most popular fruit tree suitable for indoors.
• 🔸 Coffee is shade loving plant, easy to grow, providing regular water.
• 🔸 Coffee grows into a beautiful dark green shrub or small tree.
• 🔸 The white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers are clustered and resemble gardenias to which they are related.
• 🔸 The whole fruit is edible, it is a small fleshy berry changing in color from green to yellow to red.
• 🔸 The seeds are the actual "coffee beans", they can easily be dried, roasted and ground at home.

🎁 Coffee is a perfect gift plant and a great indoor container fruit tree.

🎥 Coffee Tree Showcase · Grow your own: Free Coffee Everyday

🛒 Get your own Coffee Tree

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Would you like a Bat Head?

The Bat Head Lily we mentioned earlier - is blooming again!

🙈 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.

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🏡 What happened to our favorite houseplants - hoyas?

Hoyas are not forgotten! It is one of the most favorite house plants. Hoya Ban Ngong Ngoy from Thailand has a lovely fragrance!

• ♦️ Fragrance is lovely, subtle scent.
• ♦️ Strong, vigorous, fast-growing species, similar to Hoya carnosa.
• ♦️ Beautiful flowers: umbel of flowers is about 3" wide with tiny maroon stars and white frosted edges.
• ♦️ Dark green leaves have silver white flecks and darker green veining.
• ♦️ Provide a trellis or stake to manage its rambling growth.

❓ What varieties of hoya do you have in your collection? Share in comments👇

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👍 Thumbs up the most fragrant ginger ever!

• White Butterfly Ginger (Hedychium coronarium) is a must for every Southern garden.
• Famous for its intense, sweet scent.
• Symbol of Hawaiian Paradise along with Plumeria and Jasmine we mentioned earlier.
• Lei and hair decoration: popular in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands for leis and hair adornments.
• Butterfly-like flowers: bears fragrant, butterfly-resembling flowers in summer.
• Great cut flower: long lasting cut flowers, ideal for scenting the home.
• Can survive light freezes, with tops regrowing in the spring. Takes sun or shade.

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👻 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 or 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:

Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca

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🌺 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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📸 Different species of Amorphophallus

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