Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Blooming Lobster Claw Show at TopTropicals
Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw
- 🔻 Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw or Parrot's Beak - is one of the most iconic tropical plants, and for good reason. Its vivid, dangling blooms look like parrot feathers or lobster claws and last for weeks, making them perfect for garden displays or cut flower arrangements.
- 🔻This bold beauty grows up to 7 feet tall, thriving in tropical climates or large pots in cooler zones. Surprisingly cold-tolerant, it can handle temps in the high 20s and still put on a spectacular show.
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Happy Independence Day!
4th of July Sale
"Independence is happiness." - Susan B. Anthony
Happy 4th of July from the tropics! Whether you're staying local or escaping for the long weekend, it's the perfect time to enjoy your garden, start something new, or grab that plant you've been eyeing. Red Desert Roses, white fragrant Gardenias and Jasmines, rare Blue Ginger - tropical blooms are showing off right now, and we are celebrating with a hot summer sale: 20% off everything with code HAPPY4TH25, plus extra savings on combined DEALS and BOGO! Add some color to your summer and let your garden do the fireworks!
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In the photo above: Bauhinia madagascariensis, Red Butterfly Orchid Tree - dazzles with bright red flowers striped in gold. A rare, fast-growing tropical that brings serious color to your garden, it is one of the most striking Orchid trees you can grow. It thrives in sun and rewards with nonstop color.
Imagination will take you everywhere
James Coconuts the cat
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein
🐈📸 James Coconuts and his Time Machine at TopTropicals
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Where do Macadamia nuts come from
Macadamia trees with fruit
🐿 Macadamia trees (Macadamia integrifolia) that were flowering earlier in Spring, are now full of nuts at Top Tropicals garden! We are looking forward to harvesting these sweet, delicious and nutritious treats, competing with squirrels!
📚 More about Macadamia tree:
- ▫️What are the flowers of Macadamia nuts
- ▫️Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes. # 6: Macadamia Nut Tree.
- ▫️How to grow your own Sweet Macadamia Nuts
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Coral-blooming bonsai with a bottle-shaped trunk - perfect container plant
Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant - is a one-of-a-kind tropical showpiece with a knobby, swollen caudex, massive umbrella-like leaves, and bright coral-red flowers that pop like underwater treasures.
Compact and only 2-3 feet tall, it's perfect for containers, bonsai lovers, and small gardens craving something bold and unusual. It thrives in partial shade, grows giant leaves in low light, and needs little water to stay happy. Easy-care and eye-catching, it's more than a plant it’s a conversation starter.
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Attention grabber: swollen trunk, giant leaves, and flowers just like corals
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