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Where do almonds come from?
🌰 Where do almonds come from? From the prettiest red-leaved tree with health benefits!
📝 Most commercial almonds come from the Prunus dulcis tree, a close relative of Peach Tree, native to the Middle East and South Asia. However, Tropical Almond (Terminalia catappa), also called Indian almond or Sea almond, produces a similar nut in tropical regions.
📝 The Tropical Almond tree puts on a spectacular fall display rarely seen in evergreen tropical regions. As a deciduous tree, it sheds its large, glossy leaves in a burst of color - shifting from green to brilliant shades of red, orange, and especially bright mauve. This fiery transformation sets it apart from most tropical trees. At the same time, the almond-like fruits ripen, making this tree not only a visual showstopper but also a source of delicious, nutritious nuts.
🌰 Health benefits of Tropical Almond:
Tropical Almonds can be grown in the ground or containers and are tolerant of heat, drought, and salt, making them great for tropical and coastal gardens.
🛒 Plant the Tropical Almond Tree with mauve fall color
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📝 The Tropical Almond tree puts on a spectacular fall display rarely seen in evergreen tropical regions. As a deciduous tree, it sheds its large, glossy leaves in a burst of color - shifting from green to brilliant shades of red, orange, and especially bright mauve. This fiery transformation sets it apart from most tropical trees. At the same time, the almond-like fruits ripen, making this tree not only a visual showstopper but also a source of delicious, nutritious nuts.
🌰 Health benefits of Tropical Almond:
✅ Rich in omega-3 fatty acids - supports brain and heart health.
✅ High in protein and healthy fats – helps build and maintain muscle and energy.
✅ Strengthens bones and teeth – due to its calcium and phosphorus content.
✅ Improves eye health – thanks to antioxidants like vitamin E.
✅ Reduces inflammation – naturally anti-inflammatory.
✅ Supports liver and digestive health – traditional medicine uses the leaves for liver diseases, diarrhea, and dysentery.
✅ Used as an aphrodisiac – in some traditional systems.
Tropical Almonds can be grown in the ground or containers and are tolerant of heat, drought, and salt, making them great for tropical and coastal gardens.
🛒 Plant the Tropical Almond Tree with mauve fall color
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Want Christmas in Summer? Santa is packing flowers this year!
Santa with Xmas Santa Adenium flowers
🎅 Want Christmas in Summer? Santa is packing flowers this year!
🛒 Bring home Xmas Santa today!
📚 More adeniums
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- 🍭 Adenium Xmas Santa - the jolliest bloom in the garden!
- 🍭 With its deep red and snowy white ruffled petals, this festive Desert Rose looks like it came straight out of Santa's gift bag.
- 🍭 Whether you are decking the pool or the patio, this holiday-colored wonder brings cheer all year long. And yes, it's real... no elves involved (we think). See photos of actual Xmas Santa Adenium in next post 👇
🛒 Bring home Xmas Santa today!
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Why does everyone want a Miracle fruit plant?
Miracle Fruit - Synsepalum dulcificum
❓ Why does everyone want a Miracle fruit plant?
✨ Because it's pure magic for your taste buds! The small red berry of Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) contains a natural compound called miraculin that temporarily makes sour things taste sweet. Lemons taste like lemonade, vinegar like candy! It's fun, fascinating, and even helpful - especially for those undergoing chemotherapy who need help enjoying food again. A miracle? Pretty close!
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🛒 Bring the magic home - plant your own Miracle Fruit!
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✨ Because it's pure magic for your taste buds! The small red berry of Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum) contains a natural compound called miraculin that temporarily makes sour things taste sweet. Lemons taste like lemonade, vinegar like candy! It's fun, fascinating, and even helpful - especially for those undergoing chemotherapy who need help enjoying food again. A miracle? Pretty close!
📚 Learn more from earlier posts:
- ▫️ What is the miracle behind the Miracle fruit?
- ▫️How to make sour taste sweet and what causes the miracle?
🛒 Bring the magic home - plant your own Miracle Fruit!
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Dont eat this candy its too pretty to unwrap!
Adenium Candy
🍬 Don't eat this candy… it's too pretty to unwrap!
🛒 Add Candy to your garden!
📚 More adeniums
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- 🍬 Adenium Candy is pure sugar for the eyes! Its cheerful yellow petals are dipped in cherry red like a summer lollipop, with layer upon layer of sweet swirls that look almost good enough to taste.
- 🍬 But don't be fooled - this sugary beauty is all flower, no calories! Like most members of Apocinaceae plant family, Adenium sap can be irritating and poisonous iа digested.
- 🍬 With its bold colors and ruffled texture, Candy is a joyful little show-off and a must-have for your garden candy shop. See photos of actual Candy Adenium in next post 👇
🛒 Add Candy to your garden!
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Too weird to ignore, too easy not to grow!
Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus
Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus, flower
Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus
Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus, Anthony's Rick-Rack, Fishbone Cactus, leaves
Too weird to ignore, too easy not to grow!
🛒 Add this oddball to your jungle
📚 More about exotic epiphytic cacti:
Disocactus ackermanni - Red Orchid Cactus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum - Queen of the Night
Pseudorhipsalis (Wittia) amazonica - Blue Flame
Epiphyllum guatemalense Monstrosa - Orchid Cactus, Curly Locks
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- ⚡️Cryptocereus (Selenicereus) anthonyanus - Zig-Zag Cactus. Also known as Anthony's Rick-Rack or Fishbone Cactus, this oddball epiphyte is famous for its zigzagging, succulent leaves that look like a green lightning bolt.
- ⚡️ In nature, it climbs trees using aerial roots, but it's happy in a pot too.
- ⚡️Give it bright, indirect light and let the soil dry out completely between waterings.
- ⚡️In spring, it may reward you with a rare night-blooming flower that lasts just one magical evening.
- ⚡️ Easy, sculptural, and full of character!
🛒 Add this oddball to your jungle
📚 More about exotic epiphytic cacti:
Disocactus ackermanni - Red Orchid Cactus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum - Queen of the Night
Pseudorhipsalis (Wittia) amazonica - Blue Flame
Epiphyllum guatemalense Monstrosa - Orchid Cactus, Curly Locks
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The legendary Black Sheep of the family
Black Sheep Adenium
🖤 The legendary Black Sheep of the family
🛒 Own the drama. Grow the legend: Black Adeniums
❗️Black colored adeniums start as reddish color buds, flower opens as red-black and darkens as matures.
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- 🐑 Not your average desert rose, Black Sheep Adenium shows up to the garden party dressed in midnight velvet!
- 🐑 Its petals are so dark they almost swallow the light, with a smoldering red glow at the center that dares you to look closer.
- 🐑 Mysterious? Yes. Dramatic? Absolutely. This flower doesn’t blend in - it steals the show!
- 🐑 The perfect plant for those who like their beauty bold, broody, and a little rebellious. You'll want to whisper secrets to it under moonlight. It's not just a plant. It's a statement! See photos of actual Black Sheep Adenium in next post 👇
🛒 Own the drama. Grow the legend: Black Adeniums
❗️Black colored adeniums start as reddish color buds, flower opens as red-black and darkens as matures.
📚 More black and dark-flowered adeniums
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Botanical bedhead: curly, crazy, and full of surprises
Epiphyllum guatemalense - Curly Locks
Epiphyllum guatemalense - Curly Locks, leaves
Epiphyllum guatemalense - Curly Locks, fruit
Botanical bedhead: curly, crazy, and full of surprises
🛒 Get the curly cactus now
📚 More about exotic epiphytic cacti:
Disocactus ackermanni - Red Orchid Cactus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum - Queen of the Night
Pseudorhipsalis (Wittia) amazonica - Blue Flame
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- This wild-looking jungle cactus doesn't grow straight - it spirals, twirls, and twists! Meet Epiphyllum guatemalense Monstrosa - Orchid Cactus, or Curly Locks.
- A natural mutation of Epiphyllum guatemalense, Curly Locks creates a tangled cascade of curly stems that look like botanical noodles!
- Perfect for hanging baskets, it blooms fragrant, orchid-like flowers at night and produces juicy, edible pink fruit.
- It's self-pollinating and thrives in bright, indirect light. Let it get root-bound to encourage blooms, and water moderately.
- A must-have oddity for cactus lovers and collectors!
🛒 Get the curly cactus now
📚 More about exotic epiphytic cacti:
Disocactus ackermanni - Red Orchid Cactus
Epiphyllum oxypetalum - Queen of the Night
Pseudorhipsalis (Wittia) amazonica - Blue Flame
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No tank needed: this goldfish lives in a pot!
Nematanthus wettsteinii x fritschii Bijou - Goldfish Plant
🐟No tank needed: this goldfish lives in a pot!
🛒 Bring home the plant everyone's talking about - Gold Fish Flower
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Why is it called Gold Fish Plant
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- 🐠 Why is everyone obsessed with theGoldFish Plant? Because it's like having a mini aquarium without the hassle! Those shiny orange flowers really do look like little goldfish swimming through lush green leaves. Add in the bold mauve undersides and you've got a plant that’s both stylish and fun.
- 🐠 Nematanthus wettsteinii x fritschii Bijou - is called Goldfish Plant because its bright orange, tubular flowers look just like tiny, plump goldfish "swimming" through the foliage.
- 🐠 It's easy to grow, loves bright indoor spots, and blooms like a champ. No wonder everyone wants one - it's the houseplant that always makes a splash!
🛒 Bring home the plant everyone's talking about - Gold Fish Flower
📚 More from earlier post:
Why is it called Gold Fish Plant
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Why Hummingbird Tree?
Why Hummingbird Tree?
🛒 Get an edible Hummingbird Tree
📚 Learn more about Sesbanias:
Black flowered Sesbania
Hummingbird trss: you can eat the whole tree!
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🍥 Why is Sesbania grandiflora (Hummingbird Tree) so popular? Because it's as useful as it is beautiful. This small, fast-growing tree stands out with its striking, bird-shaped flowers and incredible versatility:
🍥 Ornamental beauty: The large flowers (ivory-white or red) resemble little birds and bloom in abundance, creating a floral canopy from fall through summer.
🍥 Edible flowers and leaves: Used in curries, salads, and even fried in batter. Tender leaves and green fruits are also eaten in Southeast Asian cuisine.
🍥 Fast-growing, flood-tolerant: Great for reforestation, shade, or as a quick ornamental tree for wet or challenging areas.
🍥 Medicinal: Every part of the plant is used: bark for fiber and medicine, flowers for food, wood for light construction, gum for fishing lines, and even as natural pest control.
🍥 It's a food plant, a medicine cabinet, a garden centerpiece, and a support system for other plants - all in one tree. That's why gardeners, farmers, and chefs all love the Hummingbird Tree.
🛒 Get an edible Hummingbird Tree
📚 Learn more about Sesbanias:
Black flowered Sesbania
Hummingbird trss: you can eat the whole tree!
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Why Hummingbird Tree?
Sesbania grandiflora (Hummingbird Tree)
Why Hummingbird Tree?
🛒 Get an edible Hummingbird Tree
📚 Learn more about Sesbanias:
Black flowered Sesbania
Hummingbird trss: you can eat the whole tree!
#Food_Forest #Remedies #Butterfly_Plants #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts
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- 🍥 Why is Sesbania grandiflora (Hummingbird Tree) so popular? Because it's as useful as it is beautiful. This small, fast-growing tree stands out with its striking, bird-shaped flowers and incredible versatility:
- 🍥 Ornamental beauty: The large flowers (ivory-white or red) resemble little birds and bloom in abundance, creating a floral canopy from fall through summer.
- 🍥 Edible flowers and leaves: Used in curries, salads, and even fried in batter. Tender leaves and green fruits are also eaten in Southeast Asian cuisine.
- 🍥 Fast-growing, flood-tolerant: Great for reforestation, shade, or as a quick ornamental tree for wet or challenging areas.
- 🍥 Medicinal: Every part of the plant is used: bark for fiber and medicine, flowers for food, wood for light construction, gum for fishing lines, and even as natural pest control.
- 🍥 It's a food plant, a medicine cabinet, a garden centerpiece, and a support system for other plants - all in one tree. That's why gardeners, farmers, and chefs all love the Hummingbird Tree.
🛒 Get an edible Hummingbird Tree
📚 Learn more about Sesbanias:
Black flowered Sesbania
Hummingbird trss: you can eat the whole tree!
#Food_Forest #Remedies #Butterfly_Plants #Container_Garden #Fun_Facts
🏵 TopTropicals