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Date: 19 Jul 2024

What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?

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Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra

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Aphelandra squarrosa - White Zebra Plant

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Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen

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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


📚 Learn more from previous posts:
Panama Queen
How to grow Zebra in container?

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Date: 18 Jul 2024

8 cute puppies update: wet dog fragrance!

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Mango's puppies turned into big monsters! Lab Family reunion and the Country Bath... Visual definition of Happiness!

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Date: 18 Jul 2024

How to grow your own tea? Where does the tea come from?

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Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf Tree

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Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf Tree and Tea in a cup

☕️ How to grow your own tea? Where does the tea come from? From Camellia!
  • 🍃 Did you know that tea comes from a Camellia plant?

    • Camellia sinensis - Tea Leaf Tree - is the plant used to make all types of true tea: green, black, white, and oolong.
  • 🍃Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, after water.
  • 🍃Green tea is rich in antioxidants, which help protect your cells from damage.
  • 🍃Drinking tea can boost your immune system, help fight off infections, improve oral health by reducing the growth of bacteria.
  • 🍃Regular tea consumption is linked to improved bone health and reduced risk of osteoporosis. It can aid in weight loss by boosting metabolism and help reduce the risk of heart disease.
  • 🍃Tea contains caffeine, which can improve mental alertness and focus. On the other hand, tea contains L-theanine, an amino acid that promotes relaxation and reduces stress.
  • 🍃The plant is very slow growing, can be grown in container or in the ground in frost-free areas. Takes sun to semi-shade.


📚 Instructions how to make tea from tea leaves (PDF)

🛒 Plant your own Tea Tree

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Date: 18 Jul 2024

Why is it called Blue Butterfly?

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Clerodendrum ugandense - Blue Butterfly

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Clerodendrum ugandense - Blue Butterfly

⚡️ #Fun_Facts: Why is it called Blue Butterfly?

Clerodendrum ugandense (Blue Butterfly): This plant's blue flowers and butterfly-like shape attract butterflies and other pollinators to the garden. So this plant is all about butterflies!

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Date: 17 Jul 2024

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you

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🏳️ "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." - Elbert Hubbard

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