Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
How productive is Tamarind
Tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica) can live for over 200 years and produce both edible fruit and valuable timber.
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New Complete Guide to Avocado Varieties
How many varieties of Avocado are there in cultivation? Did you know that there are hundreds of them? You probably thought there were only 2 kinds - black and green?
You may not realize is that this basic (but practical!) classification doesn't encompass all the wonderful qualities avocados have to offer.
There are numerous hybrids in cultivation, and once you plant your first tree and taste the REAL fruit (not from the grocery store), you'll be eager to explore other varieties. It's a guarantee! While it's true that avocado fruit can vary in "butter" content, most superior varieties are equally delicious.
This Avocado Variety Guide helps to choose the right variety for you. With its interactive tool, you can sort cultivars by fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, crop season, flower type A or B, tree habit and more.
🛒 Shop Avocado Varieties
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Did you know that Tamarind has not only tasty fruit but also pretty flowers?
Tamarind tree (Tamarindus indica) - flowers
⚠️ Tamarind Tree that we mentioned earlier is in full bloom now. The flowers are so pretty!
📚 Learn more: Tamarind Chutney Recipe
🛒Grow your own Tamarind Tree
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What fruit tree will produce right away?
Strawberry tree, or Cotton Candy - Muntingia calabura, fruit
Strawberry tree, or Cotton Candy - Muntingia calabura, fruit on a plate
Strawberry tree, or Cotton Candy - Muntingia calabura branch
- 🍒 Want a fruit tree that will produce for you right away? That's the one. Strawberry tree, or Cotton Candy - Muntingia calabura. So, why Strawberry and why Cotton Candy?
- 🍒 Pretty white flowers with 4-5 petals look exactly like flowers of a Strawberry plant - hence the name.
- 🍒 The fruit as so sweet and tasty, have no acid whatsoever - this is why it is also called Cotton Candy!
- 🍒 This is probably the most profuse and rewarding fruiting tree! From spring to fall, you will harvest 2 crops a day once the plant is established.
- 🍒 Easy to grow, fast growing tree of a medium size 20 ft tall, and graceful umbrella-like shape. Drought tolerant, once established. Requires almost no care, however, it is sensitive to freeze. But if you live outside of Tropics - it grows well and fruits non-stop in containers!
🛒 Get a Strawberry Tree
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Why is it called Shaving Brush?
Shaving Brush Tree - Pseudobombax ellipticum, pink flower
Shaving Brush Tree - Pseudobombax ellipticum, white flower
Shaving Brush Tree Pseudobombax ellipticum has fluffy, pink or white flowers resembling a shaving brush, hence its name.
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