Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 3 Jul 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?

Tabernaemontana divaricata - Pinwheel Jasmine, Crape Jasmine

What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?

💮 Tabernaemontana divaricata, also known as Pinwheel Jasmine or Crape Jasmine, is a true garden gem, blooming year-round to bring constant beauty to your outdoor space.
💮 This cute bush can be also shaped into a small tree.
💮 It looks beautiful beneath palms or trees.
💮 Blooms year-round with pretty, white, pinwheel-shaped flowers.
💮 Needs bright light for profuse blooming, but can tolerate shade conditions.
💮 Makes your garden look stunning all year around.

🛒Get Pinwheel Jasmine

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Date: 2 Jul 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Say Cheese! Bob is eating his favorite shredded cheese and purring - sound on!

🍿 Say Cheese! Bob is eating his favorite shredded cheese and purring - sound on! 🎤

He has extended healthy diet beyond his Corn and Philemon's Avocado.

🕯 Good night...

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Date: 2 Jul 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the most useful tree in the world?

Moringa oleifera - Bridal veil, Horseradish tree, Drumstick Tree, Ben Oil Tree

🌐 What is the most useful tree in the world?

💚 One of the most versatile and valuable trees known to humanity is Moringa oleifera, also called: Horseradish tree, Bridal veil, Horseradish tree, Drumstick Tree, Ben Oil Tree. It is indeed considered one of the most useful trees in the world. This reputation stems from its wide range of nutritional, medicinal, and practical applications.
💚 Moringa is a beautiful flowering tree with fragrant white flowers. It produces long green pods (looking like drumsticks!) and the seeds have been compared to a cross between peanuts and asparagus.
💚 Moringa leaves are rich in vitamins (A, B, C, E), minerals (calcium, potassium, iron), and amino acids, and have strong antioxidant properties. they are used in traditional medicine to treat inflammation. Moringa can help lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
💚 Almost every part of the tree is edible, including the leaves, pods, seeds, and flowers. Each part has its unique nutritional profile and culinary uses. Used in teas and cooking.
💚 The roots are used as a substitute for horseradish and the edible leaves make a highly nutritious vegetable. The roots have also been used in many folk remedies.
💚 Many Moringa products produced commercially: leaves, powder, oil. Moringa oil, extracted from the seeds, is used in cosmetics, skincare products. Seeds can be used to purify water, making it safer to drink.
💚 The plant can be used as a natural fertilizer and pesticide. Leaves are used as a nutritious feed for livestock.

📚 Learn more: How to grow a happy Moringa Tree

🛒 Plant your own Moringa Tree and save the Planet

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Date: 2 Jul 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Money-making plant for your windowsil

Pilea peperomioides - Chinese Money Plant

💰 Money-making plant for your windowsil

Pilea peperomioides - Chinese Money Plant - is a perfect indoor plant that is famous for its lore of attracting money into your life! It is a small version of a money-making machine, in addition to the Good Luck Plant - Malabar Peanut we mentioned earlier.
It is a highly sought-after houseplant and also known as the missionary plant, pancake plant, UFO plant.
Known for its charming beauty and dwarf size, it is a perfect addition to the windowsill garden.
The round, shiny, peltate leaves become mounded as the plant matures and give the appearance of large, green coins stacked on top of one another.
Its adaptation to low light and succulent leaf structure make it an easy-care plant.