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Valentines Day Best Gift Plant Ideas
Q: What are the most popular gift plants for the Valentines day?
A: Valentines Day is the perfect occasion to show your love with a gift that lasts beyond just one day. While traditional flowers are lovely, a live plant offers a meaningful, long-lasting way to express your affection. Whether it's the vibrant blooms, fragrant leaves, or the joy of watching a plant grow, gift plants bring a touch of nature and beauty into the home. Below are a few wonderful plant ideas to help you pick the perfect gift for your loved ones this Valentines Day. Check out a short video: Sweetheart Hoya varieties
Valentines Sweetheart Hoya
Wax Hearts, also known as Sweetheart Hoya or Valentine Hoya, comes in 3 kinds - Green leaf, variegated Sunshine and Variegated Moonlight - collect them all! These plants are the perfect way to show someone you care. Hoya kerrii, often called the Sweetheart Plant, has become a favorite houseplant in recent years due to its unique heart-shaped leaves. This quirky and unusual plant is ideal for those looking for a novelty gift for their plant enthusiast friends. Its easy care requirements and distinctive appearance make it a charming addition to any home, spreading love and beauty in a simple, yet meaningful way. It's the perfect plant to celebrate Valentines Day or any special occasion!
Fragrant Jasmine
Jasmines are about to bloom, making now the perfect time to get them before their flowers open in spring! Some of the top picks include the timeless Jasmine Sambac, French Perfume Jasmine, Rose Bud Jasmine, Night Blooming Jasmine, Parijat Jasmine Tree, and Jasmine Molle (Indian Jui). These varieties are not only beautiful but also fill your home or garden with their unforgettable, fragrant blossoms. Whether you're looking to add a touch of elegance to your space or sear! ching for a fragrant gift, these jasmines are a must-have for any plant lover. Get them now and enjoy their aromatic beauty as they begin to bloom!
Compact Rhododendron Azalea - Red Cherry Miniature
The Vivid Red Cherry Miniature Azalea is a stunning, cold-hardy evergreen that blooms with vibrant cherry-red flowers in spring and fall. Very compact and easy to care for, it thrives in shady spots and offers year-round beauty with its glossy, dark green leaves. Whether used as a hedge, accent, or screen, this semi-dwarf variety adds a pop of color to any garden or home. A perfect way to share lasting beauty and joy with someone special!
Condo Mango
Looking for a unique Valentines gift? The Condo Mango is the perfect choice! This compact, dwarf mango tree
thrives in containers, making it ideal for small spaces like balconies or even indoors. With its manageable size and vibrant fruit, it's a thoughtful and practical gift that brings a tropical touch to any home. Plus, with a little
pruning, it can stay small while still producing delicious mangoes. Share the joy of gardening and fruit-growing with someone special this Valentines Day!
Learn more about Condo Mango from our Telegram Chanel: What are the Condo Mangos? A Practical Guide and Top 10 Dwarf Condo Mango - great for container culture
What vine to plant over a big fence
Chonemorpha fragrans - Frangipani vine
- 🔹 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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Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree, flower
📸 Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree
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Plumerias are in full bloom
Plumerias in bloom
Plumerias are in full bloom in our garden today. Their fragrance is a heavenly delight!
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Researchers discover what a perfume from Ancient Rome was made of: Patchouli!
Pogostemon cablin - Patchouli
Pogostemon cablin - Patchouli
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How to cover an ugly spot with a fragrance and and beauty,
Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper
- 🌹 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.
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What happens when you cross Cream and Lavender?
runfelsia isola - Lavender Lady of the Night
The flowers of this rare hybrid that we mentioned earlier, Brunfelsia isola, or Lavender Lady of the Night, are a "marble" twist of cream and purple, changing hue unpredictably. They are deliciously fragrant at night.
Brunfelsia isola is an unusual cross between B. americana and B. grandiflora. What a genetical surprise!
Brunfelsia isola has the benefit of fragrant cream-colored brunfelsia and light purple color from the other parent. 👫
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Is Magnolia edible? Vanilla Magnolia: its for cooking!
Florida Sweet Bay - Vanilla Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
Florida Sweet Bay - Vanilla Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
Florida Sweet Bay - Vanilla Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
💮 Florida Sweet Bay, or Vanilla Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) has beautiful flowers with strong vanilla fragrance, while the leaves offer unique culinary uses.
- 🔹 Strong vanilla scent: fragrance can be noticed hundreds of yards away.
- 🔹 White, delicate blooms.
- 🔹 Unique leaf flavor: fresh leaves have a distinct taste, fun for cooking. Sweet Bay offers unique cooking flavors.
- 🔹 Prefers moist, acidic soil conditions, tolerates flooding, ideal for wet spots in your yard.
- 🔹 Pest-free: no bugs or other pests.
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Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!
Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta
Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta purple
Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta Lavender Lace Variegated
Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta White
- 💜 Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta - is a perfect flowering bush or hedge for the shady garden.
- 💜 Ever-blooming: Perfect for a continuously blooming hedge.
- 💜 Dense shrub: Bushy, fast-growing, and ideal for mixed beds or medium-to-low hedges.
- 💜 Beautiful flowers: flowers resemble morning glories, with common varieties having rich purple petals and yellow throats.
- 💜 Attractive foliage: Small, dark green leaves.
- 💜 Climber relatives: Unlike many Thunbergia species, this one is a sprawling shrub.
- 💜 Pruning responsive: Can be shaped into a dense hedge, pruning promotes flowering.
- 💜 Sun or shade: Prefers bright light and well-drained soil, but will also bloom in partial shade.
- 💜 Colors: comes in dark blue, white, and the unique, vigorous variegated variety - 'Lavender Ice'.
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