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Why is it called Hamburger Bean? Just look at the hamburgers!

Yellow Jade vine (Mucuna sloanei)

🍔 Why is it called Hamburger Bean? Just look at the hamburgers!

🟨 Yellow Jade vine (Mucuna sloanei) turned out to be a heavy bloomer and a heavy producer of hamburgers! Check out the crop at the end of the video.

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Green (turquoise) Jade vine
Yellow Jade Vine
Purple Jade Vine

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Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

💅 How to grow Lobster Claw

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak is one of the most recognized and widely grown tropical plants, and one of the most beautiful!
The inflorescence is one of the most colorful you will ever encounter.
The flowers last a long time and make an excellent cut flower.
It is an easy grower in tropical areas but some room is required because the stalks can reach 7 feet in height.
Pretty cold hardy, it can withstand temperatures in the high 20s F.
Can be grown in large pots in colder areas.

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Ochna integerrima - Vietnamese Mickey Mouse plant, Hoa Mai

⚡️What is Mickey Mouse Plant?

🐭 Ochna integerrima - Vietnamese Mickey Mouse plant, Hoa Mai.

⭕️ Its seeds and sepals resemble the face of Mickey Mouse, hence the common name.
⭕️ Hoa Mai, also known as Yellow Mai Flower, is the quintessential symbol of Spring in Vietnam, especially during the Tet celebration.
⭕️ "Hoa Mai" translates to "yellow blossoms," highlighting the bright yellow flowers that bloom during Tet.
⭕️ Ochna integerrima is a medium-sized shrub that can be trained into a miniature tree, making it a prized plant for exotic collections.
⭕️ In winter, it is covered with bright yellow flowers, which are believed to bring good luck and prosperity during the Tet celebration.

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Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra

Aphelandra squarrosa - White Zebra Plant

Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen

Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle

💐 What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?

🚩 Aphelandra is hands down one of the best solutions for a shade garden where you want to see more colors. It is a great addition to a collectible tropical butterfly garden, can grow into 4-5" tall bushy specimen. Tolerates both sun and shade.
🚩Aphelandras have beautiful lush foliage and showy, long terminal inflorescences throughout the warm season.
🚩These flowers are loved by hummingbirds.
🚩Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra. Yellow flowers emerge out of long orange stalks in the fall time. Pretty and unusual!
🚩Aphelandra squarrosa Dania (Snow White) - White Zebra Plant. It is also one of the best house plants, not only pretty because of its white-veined "Zebra" foliage, but also for the apical inflorescence with its beautiful yellow bracts.
🚩Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen, has extremely tropical look and fragrant flowers of unusual color combination: orange and pink.
🚩Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle - a rare hybrid with bright red flowers