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It smells like bananas but its a magnolia! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

It smells like bananas but its a magnolia!

Magnolia figo, Banana Magnolia

🍌 It smells like bananas… but it’s a magnolia!
  • 🌸 Magnolia figo, or Banana Magnolia - is in bloom! It is now filling the air with its unbelievably sweet fragrance! Its creamy, cup-shaped flowers smell like fresh bananas mixed with fine perfume - you have to smell it to believe it.
  • 🌸 This compact evergreen shrub grows only about 5-6 ft in a container, making it perfect for small gardens, patios, or even near an entryway where you can enjoy the scent up close. Glossy green leaves, elegant shape, and that irresistible aroma - it’s pure charm in a pot.
  • 🌸 Cold tolerant, heat tolerant, sun or shade - this little magnolia doesn’t ask for much but gives so much back.


🛒 Plant Banana Magnolia

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Rose apple salad: quick-n-fun exotic recipes. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Rose apple salad: quick-n-fun exotic recipes

Syzygium jambos - Rose Apple

Syzygium jambos - Rose Apple

Rose apple salad

Rose apple salad

🍴 Rose apple salad: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
  • 🔴Slice rose apples, toss with cucumber, lime, and mint.
  • 🔴Light, crunchy, and fragrant.

Rose Apple Salad

Ingredients

  • Rose apples
  • Cucumber
  • Lime
  • Mint

Instructions

  1. Slice rose apples and cucumber.
  2. Toss with lime and fresh mint.
  3. Serve fresh and chilled.

🛒 Plant exotic Rose Apple Tree

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Fruit that smells like roses

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Cats now demand cable! A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

Cats now demand cable!

Riki the cat is watching TV

💻 Cats now demand cable!

"The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth."

- Dorothy Frances Gurney

🐱 Every cat deserves a good show. Who needs Netflix when you have Catflix? Our cats got Cat TV. What about yours?

📱 Youtube: Cat TV for PeopleCats at TopTropicals

🐈📸 Riki is watching his TV bird show at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden

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The vine with square stems that heals bones and turns heads. A Top Tropicals Garden Blog post.

The vine with square stems that heals bones and turns heads

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape, hanging basket

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape, hanging basket

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape, stems

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape, stems

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape plant

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape plant

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape, fruit

Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape, fruit

The vine with square stems that heals bones and turns heads
  • Cissus quadrangularis - Veld Grape. This plant is anything but ordinary! It has four-winged stems – square, chunky, and unlike anything else in your garden. Each stem looks like a little green sculpture, with ribs running down the sides. It’s technically a vine, but behaves like a succulent, with thick, juicy stems and tiny tendrils that climb or spill from a pot.
  • Native to Africa and India, veld grape thrives on sunshine, heat, and a bit of neglect. Perfect for hanging baskets or as a quirky groundcover. Just give it some light and occasional water, and it’ll keep growing strong.
  • It’s also famous as a traditional "bone-healing" herb, earning it the nickname Bone setter plant. But even if you don’t use it for that, it’s a total show-stopper for anyone who loves plants with personality.
  • A true show-stopper for collectors and anyone who loves the strange and beautiful side of nature.


🛒 Get your own Veld Grape show stopper

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