Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 1 Aug 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Plumerias are in full bloom

Plumerias in bloom

🌸 "Perfumes are the feelings of flowers." - Heinrich Heine

Plumerias are in full bloom in our garden today. Their fragrance is a heavenly delight!

📚 5 simple rules how to grow a fragrant Plumeria tree and make it bloom for you

🛒 Shop fragrant Plumerias

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Date: 14 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

This is not a Photoshop! It is a true color of Plumeria

Rainbow Plumeria

🌈 This is not a Photoshop! It is a true color of Plumeria. Such multi-color varieties are called Rainbow Plumeria.

The season started and we have lots of fragrant and colorful blooms on our Plumerias that we introduced earlier.

Some of the colors are just beyond description!

Plumeria, or Frangipani - is a symbol of Hawaiian Tropics and the most favorite perfume flower.

🛒 Choose from fantastic colors of Plumeria

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Date: 31 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is this shocking pink gardenia? Does it exist?

Kopsia fruticosa - Pink Gardenia

👁 What is this shocking pink gardenia? Does it exist?

🌸 Kopsia fruticosa: fondly known as the "Pink Gardenia", this gem is one of nature's most exquisite and elusive treasures.
🌸 Its flowers are a marvel, transitioning from delicate light pink to deep hues with crimson centers, emitting a subtle fragrance.
🌸 Imagine our surprise when we stumbled upon this enchanting plant labeled as a Pink Gardenia during our expedition in Thailand!
🌸 Intrigued, we delved deeper into its botanical identity. While technically not a Gardenia, this beauty is a close relative of Plumeria and Adenium we mentioned earlier, as well as Tabernaemontana (also often confused with Gardenia). All these beauties belong to the esteemed plant family Apocynaceae.
🌸 It's no wonder this plant has captured our hearts; its beauty is simply irresistible, leaving us wanting more.
🌸 With its compact growth habit, it's perfect for containers or in-ground planting, adding a touch of elegance to any garden space.

🛒 Treat yourself with a Pink Gardenia!

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Date: 23 Aug 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What tree to plant for wonderful fragrance?

Magnolia (Michelia) champaca x Alba

💄 What tree to plant for wonderful fragrance?

🏵 Champaka - Joy Perfume Tree is in full bloom in our garden (in the video: var. Alba). The fragrance is smelled yards away! It is filling the air around.
🏵 The flowers from this tree - Magnolia (Michelia) champaca - are used to make the world's most expensive perfume 'Joy' and smell like fruity bubble gum 🎀... you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower!
🏵 Sacred tree of India and SE Asia, its flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women.
🏵 Perfect small landscape tree of a columnar shape. Ideal for containers.
🏵 Relatively cold hardy
🏵 Rare collectible, a gem of any plant collection!

📚 See earlier post about Champaka Tree

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Date: 22 Aug 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What flower is sweeter than any Jasmine

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

💥 What flower is sweeter than any Jasmine

🌸 Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense: absolutely NEW perfume plant! It is becoming one of the most wanted in rare fragrant plant market.
🌸 This amazing flower was originally obtained in Thailand.
🌸 Beautiful striped red-and-white flowers are highly fragrant. Fragrance is the most intense you can imagine and is much better than all jasmines and gardenias all together.
🌸 The plant is very similar to plumeria in growth habit (and is close related to Plumeria). It grows into a small tree. Unlike Plumeria, it is evergreen in warm climate.
🌸 Beautiful mauve colored leaves are very ornamental.
🌸 Slow growing, compact plant, great for containers. Very undemanding and has low water needs.

🛒 Get your own Enchanted Incense

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Date: 25 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

The number one flower for shady spots! Every tropical gardener wants Brunfelsias: the magical, fragrant shrubs of Day and Night

Brunfelsia lactea

Brunfelsia australis

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Brunfelsia manaca

Brunfelsia grandiflora

Brunfelsia paucifolia

🌗 The number one flower for shady spots! Every tropical gardener wants Brunfelsias: the magical, fragrant shrubs of Day and Night.

💠 Brunfelsias are truly enchanting tropical flowers. There are two groups - purple-flowered and cream/white-flowered.
💠 All Brunfelsias are wonderfully fragrant.
💠 Perfect flowering shrub for shaded areas; ideal for growing in containers.
💠 Compact and graceful growers.
💠 Purple-flowered are known as Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow for their magical color transformation from purple to lavender to white over three days. Examples: B. grandiflora, B. paucifolia, B. australis.
💠 White-flowered: intensely fragrant at night, earning the name Lady of the Night.

💠 Hybrids: A standout hybrid is Brunfelsia isola, that we mentioned earlier. It is blending the best of both purple and white varieties, inheriting purple color from the purple parent and night fragrance from the white one.

📚 Learn more about purple Brunfelsias:
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

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Date: 18 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What flower smells like warm chocolate?

Portlandia grandiflora - Glorious Flower of Cuba

☕️ What flower smells like warm chocolate?

💙 Portlandia grandiflora - Glorious Flower of Cuba is an extremely rare plant.
💙 Luscious perfume of bell-like flowers reminiscent of warm, creamy chocolate.
💙 Small compact tree, perfect for containers or small gardens.
💙 One of very few tropical plants that tolerate alkaline soils❗️

🛒 Get Warm Chocolate Plant

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Date: 17 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the most celebreated fragrant flower?

Plumeria, Frangipani

What is the most celebreated fragrant flower?

🌸 Plumeria, or Frangipani, is the symbol flower of Hawaii that radiates beauty and grace in many amazing colors.
🌸 Plumeria sweet and fruity fragrance is enchanting and soothing, captivating the senses... It is one of the most favorite essences in perfumery.
🌸 Often woven into Hawaiian leis, plumeria blossoms embody the spirit of Aloha as a warm welcome and heartfelt hospitality.
🌸 Plumeria tree is very easy to grow and can happily flower in container. See important growing tips in our next post 👇

🛒 Choose from fantastic colors of Plumeria

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Date: 17 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

5 simple rules how to grow a fragrant Plumeria tree and make it bloom for you, just like on the pictures

Plumeria, Frangipani red rainbow

Plumeria, Frangipani pink rainbow

Plumeria, Frangipani rainbow

Plumeria, Frangipani dark pink

Plumeria, Frangipani yellow

Plumeria, Frangipani red rainbow

Plumeria, Frangipani rainbow

Plumeria, Frangipani white

🌸 5 simple rules how to grow a fragrant Plumeria tree and make it bloom for you, just like on the pictures.

Soil must be well-drained: use potting mix with good amount of perlite, bark, and coconut fiber. We recommend Sunshine Abundance professional soil mix for best results.
Container must be the size of the root ball and not much bigger, to avoid water-logging. Plumeria likes dry conditions. Water only when the soil gets slightly dry.
Full sun is a must. If grown indoors, keep the plant in the brightest spot and take it outside for the sun bathing when possible.
Dormancy in winter: this little tree drops leaves during winter. When it happens, reduce water to the minimum and let your Plumeria rest until it starts sprouting new leaves.
Fertilize for the most profuse flowering with a plant food that is high in Phosphorus. Plumeria is a heavy feeder. We recommend Sunsine Megaflor Bloom Booster liquid fertilizer - it can be used with every watering and year around.

Enjoy the fragrant blooms!

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Date: 17 May 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

How not to kill a gardenia? Gardenias always struggling? Meet the only EASY gardenia

Kailarsenia vietnamensis, Vietnamese Gardenia

🏆 How not to kill a gardenia? Gardenias always struggling? Meet the only EASY gardenia.

Kailarsenia vietnamensis, or Vietnamese Gardenia, boasts large, fragrant flowers that are so easy to grow.

💠 Resilient and cold-hardy, it tolerates overwatering and poor soils with ease, unlike most gardenias that are very sensitive to water and soil conditions.
💠 Not sensitive to root nematodes, unlike other gardenias (so the plant doesn't have to be grafted).
💠 Its stunning flowers, resembling beautiful artworks, fill the air with a lovely scent.
💠 Whether in containers or in the ground, this bushy beauty thrives indoors or outdoors, adding versatility and charm to any space.

📚 Learn more about Vietnamese Gardenia

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