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What is the bluest flower of the Tropics?

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, or Lead Flower is brightest gentian blue - very unusual color in the tropics!

• 💙 Winter heavy bloomer
• 💙 Attracts butterflies and bees 🐝
• 💙 Compact shrub, responds well to pruning.
• 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!

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💰 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.

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What happens when a gardener gets a Swiss Cheese? Swiss Cheese Plant!

• 🌿 Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant - is an unusual form of Monstera with leaves that have many holes, much bigger than those in Swiss Cheese!
• 🌿 Makes an interesting indoor specimen, an eye stopper.
• 🌿 Shade lover, but can take some semi-shade too.
• 🌿 Can be grown outdoors in warmer climates and climbs trees or walls wherever you need a green wall.
• 🌿 Grows fast, very undemanding plant. Perfect when you need to fill space with greenery quickly.

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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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Would you like to spice Up Your Garden with Variegated Ginger?

• 🌿 Alpinia Zerumbet Variegata is a clumping ginger valued for its beautiful variegated foliage. With its colorful foliage and beautiful flowers, variegated ginger is a stunning ornamental.
• 🌿 Striking Foliage: Glossy green leaves with white striping add a pop of color and interest to your garden.
• 🌿 Unique Flowers: Unlike other gingers, its beautiful, fragrant, shell-like flowers droop from leafy stems, adding summer charm.
• 🌿 Perfect Size: This small shrub grows 2-4 feet tall and can be pruned for size control.
• 🌿 Moisture Lover: Keep the soil moist for happy, thriving plants.
• 🌿 Ideal Conditions: Thrives in shaded garden corners with organically rich, well-drained soil. Mulch for best results.
• 🌿 Low Maintenance: No serious insect or disease problems, making it an easy addition to your garden.
• 🌿 Indoor Option: Can be grown as a houseplant with bright light and humid conditions, reaching 3-4 feet indoors.
• 🌿 Edibe: Like every ginger, this ornamental beauty also has edible rhizomes.

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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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