Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Use your yard instead of being used by your yard!
Exotic tropical fruit and edibles - Food Forest
Use your yard instead of being used by your yard!
Tired of mowing a boring lawn? Get some colors in your yard and grow edible landscape!
Select useful, functional plants:
🌺 Spectacular Eye Candies
🌳 Hedges with Benefits
Butterfly Attractors
🍒 Food Forest
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Pick the right plants with TopTropicals free expert help.
At TopTropicals, we have 25 years experience growing rare tropical fruit trees and flowering plants.
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Tired of mowing a boring lawn? Get some colors in your yard and grow edible landscape!
Select useful, functional plants:
🌺 Spectacular Eye Candies
🌳 Hedges with Benefits
Butterfly Attractors
🍒 Food Forest
👉#Food_Forest
Pick the right plants with TopTropicals free expert help.
At TopTropicals, we have 25 years experience growing rare tropical fruit trees and flowering plants.
Plants are the best therapists.
You can Grow Happiness - we can help.
💥 Still not a subscriber? Join TopTropicals community and you will know everything about tropical plants!
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How to French Kiss the Red Button Ginger
Costus spicatus x woodsonii - Red Button Ginger, French Kiss
Costus spicatus x woodsonii - Red Button Ginger, French Kiss
⚡️ #Fun_Facts:How to French Kiss the Red Button Ginger
💋 Costus spicatus x woodsonii (Red Button Ginger, French Kiss): this ginger's inflorescence resembles a cluster of bright red buttons, making it a standout in tropical gardens.
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💋 Costus spicatus x woodsonii (Red Button Ginger, French Kiss): this ginger's inflorescence resembles a cluster of bright red buttons, making it a standout in tropical gardens.
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What Tree Calliandra brings into your garden?
Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra
Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra, flower
⚡️ #Fun_Facts: Tree Calliandra
🎉 Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra - is the only tree form of Powderpuff. It quickly grows into a bushy beautiful tree in just one season, and fluffy pink flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies year around
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🎉 Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra - is the only tree form of Powderpuff. It quickly grows into a bushy beautiful tree in just one season, and fluffy pink flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies year around
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What vine to plant over a big fence
Chonemorpha fragrans - Frangipani vine
❗️ What vine to plant over a big fence.
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- 🔹 Chonemorpha fragrans, or Frangipani vine, that we mentioned before, is a large woody tropical liana with clusters of large, perfume-fragrant flowers and lush green foliage. It is close related to perfumed Plumeria - Frangipani.
- 🔹 The fragrance is very fresh and pleasant, similar to Plumeria, fills the air around.
- 🔹 Leaves reaching up to 12 (!) inches - very tropical, majestic look!
- 🔹 Requires sturdy support - it can grow pretty big and heavy!
- 🔹 Takes both sun or shade. Full sun and regular fertilizer is essential for profuse blooming.
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What is lipstick made of?
Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote
Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote
Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote
Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote
Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto, Achiote
💋 What is lipstick made of? Lipstick plant!
🛒 Grow your own Annatto
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- 💄Bixa orellana - Lipstick Tree, Annatto or Achiote - is a bushy shrub or a small tree South America with large, impressive leaves, charming pink flowers and amazing... seeds! It is used in various industries, including cosmetics and culinary arts.
- 💄Natural Pigment: The seeds of the Bixa plant contain a natural pigment called annatto, which ranges in color from yellow to deep orange-red.
- 💄Cosmetic Use: Annatto is commonly used in cosmetics, including lipstick, due to its vibrant coloration. It adds shades of red and orange to cosmetic products. Extract derived from the Bixa seeds is mixed with other ingredients to achieve desired shades. It provides a natural alternative to synthetic dyes.
- 💄Famous spice Annatto is widely used as a spice in cooking, particularly in Latin American, Caribbean, and Filipino cuisines.
- 💄Flavor and color: It imparts a mild, slightly peppery flavor and is prized for its ability to add a rich, yellow-orange color to dishes such as rice, stews, and sauces.
- 💄Health benefits: Beyond its culinary use, annatto seeds have medicinal properties, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
- 💄Flower arrangements: The dried seed pods add a unique touch to flower arrangements, enhancing their visual appeal.
- 💄Hedge or screen: Ideal for use as a hedge or screen, Bixa requires frequent pruning to encourage bushy growth at the base.
🛒 Grow your own Annatto
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