Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

💥 Why Yellow Aphelandra looks red?

👒 Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra - is getting ready to bloom! Soon it will be shooting its curious yellow flowers out of these "candles"... Stay with us to see it bloom!

📚 Learn more about Aphelandras from previous posts:

• 📍 What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?
• 📍 Panama Queen
• 📍 How to grow Zebra in container?

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🍊 Discover rare Allamandas: Mandarin-flowered beauty

Allamanda violacea - rare variety Golden Indonesian Sunset. Flowers are multi-colored with bronze/golden highlights, some gardeners call it Mandarin Allamanda. Very showy flower, slightly fragrant.

❓ What colors of Allamanda do you have? Share in comments👇

📚 Check out from previous posts:
🍷 Cabernet Allamanda
⭐️ Stansils Double Gold Allamanda williamsii

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😍 How to cover an ugly spot with a fragrance and and beauty, stop and smell the roses

• 🌹 Our Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper - has grown over a roof of our water treatment system (which wasn't the prettiest view!). Now every time we pass by we have to "stop and smell the roses". It is so beautiful, and it does smell like roses!
• 🌹 It's scent is unforgettable, fruity and intoxicating... The flowers are born in clusters and each flower has many variations of color, depending on how old the flower is.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:

• 💋Flamingo pink with fruity fragrance
• 💋Single flower variety

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💃 Does Red Passion flower produce edible fruit?

• ♥️ Passiflora coccinea, or Red Passion Flower, is a spectacular, passion-red variety!
• ♥️ It is tropical, evergreen vine from South America known for its stunning scarlet-red flowers and edible passion fruit. Yes, the fruit are edible, but they are very rarely seen.
• ♥️ It thrives in full sun or part shade with fertile, well-drained soils and can grow up to 10-12 feet long.
• ♥️ This easy-to-grow plant is perfect for trellises, walls, and containers. Minimal pruning is needed, and it blooms primarily in summer and fall.
• ♥️ Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds 🐝

💻 Do you grow Passion vines? Share yours in comments👇

📚 From previous post: The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit.

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💋 What orchid tree has stunning red and yellow flowers year around? Madagascar Orchid Tree.

We showed you in earlier post one showy red Orchid tree - Bauhinia galpinii; but this one is even more spectacular!

• 🔴 Bauhinia madagascariensis - Red Butterfly Orchid Tree is a very rare plant in cultivation and one of the most spectacular Bauhinia. Rare, collectible species.
• 🔴 Flowers and extremely showy, look like scarlet butterflies with bright yellow stripes at the base of each petal.
• 🔴 It grows into a small tree or tall bush. Fast growing. Attracts butterflies.
• 🔴 Plant in in full sun to get the most of its flowering season - this one literally blooms year around!

📚 More posts about Bauhinias:

• · How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
• · Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings...
• · What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?
• · Why red flowers are so attractive? Bauhinia galpinii - Pride of De Kaap

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💛 How to get an easy and showy butterfly attracting bush

• 🐝 Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder is a great everblooming bush or a small tree for your butterfly garden.
• 🐝 Golden Blooms: Bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that light up your garden with vibrant color.
• 🐝 Pollinator's Delight: Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, adding lively visitors to your garden.
• 🐝 Drought-Tolerant: Tough and resilient, perfect for sunny spots and low-water gardens.
• 🐝 Long Blooming: Flowers almost all year round, providing continuous bursts of sunshine.
• 🐝 Compact Size: Ideal for small spaces or containers, fitting nicely into any garden layout.
• 🐝 Easy Care: Low-maintenance and hardy to light freeze, great for gardeners of all experience levels.
• 🐝 Lush Greenery: Rich green foliage that stays beautiful all year, even when not in bloom.
• 🐝 Tropical Charm: Adds a bright, tropical feel, making every day feel like a sunny getaway.

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😍 This is what butterflies love

💥 Odontonema - Butterfly Bush - is blooming since early spring non stop, attracting lots of butterflies in our garden.

📚 Previous posts:

• ▪️ The best butterfly and hummingbird attractor - Butterfly Bush
• ▪️ How to attract more butterflies to your garden

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🎀 What is better - Blue or Pink? You need both!

These two varieties of Clerodendrum must go together - Blue Butterfly and Pink Butterfly - perfect combination! The flowers and butterfly-like shape attract butterflies and other pollinators to the garden. So these plants are all about butterflies!

Blue Butterfly Bush that we mentioned earlier, is a popular fast growing showy shrub with bright blue butterfly-like flowers

🎀 Pink Butterfly Bush is very rare new plant in cultivation, is very similar to more common Blue variety but has pink flowers.

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🌼 Why Poinciana is super popular tropical flowering tree

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  🟡 Peltophorum - Golden Flamboyant, Yellow Poinciana, in one of the most popular flowering trees of Tropics, along with Delonix and Jacaranda.
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  🟡 Golden Showers: It has bright yellow flowers bloom in clusters, creating a stunning, sunshiny display.
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  🟡 Butterfly Magnet: Attracts butterflies and bees, bringing life and movement to your garden.
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  🟡 Shade Provider: Its wide, spreading canopy offers a cool, shady spot to relax under.
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  🟡 Easy Maintenance: Low-maintenance and hardy, making it perfect for those who want beauty without the hassle.
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  🟡 Tropical Vibe: Adds a lush, tropical feel to any garden, making you feel like you're on a permanent vacation.
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  🟡 Fast Grower: Quick to grow, so you don’t have to wait long to enjoy its full beauty.
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  🟡 Elegant Foliage: Delicate, fern-like leaves add an elegant touch and sway gracefully in the breeze.
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  🟡 Long Blooming Season: Enjoy its gorgeous flowers for an extended period, adding color and joy to your garden.

📚 Three top tropical trees - from the legends of Caribbean

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