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Grumichama jam: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🔴Cook Grumichama cherries with sugar and lime juice.- 🔴A deep red jam with a cherry-meets-blackberry flavor.
Grumichama Jam: Quick-n-Fun Exotic Recipes
Ingredients
- 2 cups fresh Grumichama cherries (Eugenia brasiliensis)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp lime juice
Instructions
- Remove seeds from Grumichama cherries.
- Place fruit in a saucepan with sugar and lime juice.
- Simmer over low heat until thick and glossy, stirring often.
- Pour into sterilized jars and let cool before sealing.
🛒 Plant Grumichama tree (Eugenia brasiliensis)
📚 Learn more:
- ▫️The best tasting and most beautiful tropical cherry
- ▫️Why grow Grumichama? Benefits of Brazilian Eugenia Tree - Cherry of the Tropics
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We've SLASHED shipping costs!
In this world of ever rising prices, we've managed to slash our shipping costs to you by up to 50% in certain locations!
As prices have continued to skyrocket over the last 3-4 years, we are all feeling the pinch. At Top Tropicals we've done our very best to keep our plant prices steady and have even reduced some prices! But we don't control shipping costs and fuel surcharges and we have felt your frustration in trying to get our plants to you at reasonable shipping rates.
We've spent the last months working with our packaging and shipping suppliers and partners and have managed to slash your shipping costs by up to 50% depending on your location, on top of existing discounts and shipping specials.
You will see this shipping discount in your cart!
And remember these shipping discounts can be combined with all our plant discounts to add up to incredible savings for you!
If you haven't shopped with us for a while, we encourage you to check out our store and see for yourself the savings we now offer! Welcome back!
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📅 Mark Your Calendar - Holiday Plant Market

Holiday season in Florida means sunshine, green leaves, and cats on patrol. On Saturday 12/13/25, our PeopleCats are hosting a special Holiday Plant Market at TopTropicals, 9 am to 4 pm. This is not a regular nursery day. This is the one where you grab a donut in one hand, a mango tree in the other, and try not to trip over a cat giving you a tour.
We are bringing out the best plants we grew all year: big fruit trees with real branches, flowering and fragrant beauties, rare collectors plants, and vines that are ready to take off as soon as you get them home. December is perfect planting weather in Florida, so while the rest of the country is scraping frost from windshields, you can be choosing which banana, mango, or jasmine will perfume your yard next summer.
Holiday extras: 30% OFF online prices, free plant with purchase, 5 to 10 dollar specials, mini donuts and holiday treats, iced tea and citrus water, tropical Christmas music, and raffle prizes. If there is enough ripe fruit in the morning, we will set up a tasting table too. Our PeopleCats will be on duty all day, rearranging plants, checking on visitors, and occasionally allowing themselves to be petted between tours.
Event discounts and specials are valid at both locations:
- Ft Myers Garden Center: 13890 Orange River Blvd, Ft Myers, FL 33905
- Sebring Farm: 9100 McRoy Rd, Sebring, FL 33875
Save the date, tell a friend, and plan your plant hunting route now. Come celebrate the holidays the Florida way: sunshine, rare fruit trees, happy cats, and a car full of tropical plants going home with you.
Facebook event page - Download invitation
Ackee breakfast scramble: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
- 🔴Saute boiled Akee with onions, tomatoes, and Scotch Bonnet, Wiri Wiri or Biquinho pepper.
- 🔴A Jamaican classic that looks like scrambled eggs but tastes buttery and rich! 🍲
Ackee breakfast scramble recipes
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiled Ackee (Blighia sapida)
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 1-2 hot peppers (Scotch Bonnet, Wiri Wiri, or Biquinho), sliced
- 1 tbsp oil or butter
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a skillet. Saute onion until soft.
- Add tomatoes and sliced hot peppers, cook for 2 minutes.
- Gently fold in the boiled ackee, stir carefully to avoid breaking it up.
- Season with salt, cook until heated through, then serve warm.
🛒 Grow your own Akee fruit (banned for import) and hot peppers
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Curry leaf rice: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
- 🟢Fry curry leaves (Murraya koenigii) with mustard seeds, garlic, and chilies
- 🟢Stir into steamed rice for a fragrant side dish 🍛
🍛 Curry Leaf Rice recipes
Ingredients
- 1 cup steamed rice
- 1 handful fresh curry leaves (Murraya koenigii)
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3-4 dried red chilies
- 1 tbsp oil or ghee
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds until they pop.
- Add garlic, chilies, and curry leaves. Fry until fragrant.
- Stir in steamed rice and mix well.
- Season with salt and serve hot as a fragrant side dish 🍲
🛒Grow your own Curry Leaf Tree for exotic recipes
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Longevity spinach omelet: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
- 🟢A health-boosting twist on a classic omelet.
🍴 Longevity spinach omelet: quick-n-fun exotic recipes 🍳
Ingredients
- Fresh Gynura (Longevity Spinach) leaves
- 3 eggs
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt to taste
- Cooking oil or butter
Instructions
- Chop Gynura leaves finely.
- Beat eggs with minced garlic and a pinch of salt.
- Stir in chopped Gynura leaves.
- Heat oil or butter in a pan and pour in the mixture.
- Cook until the omelet is set and golden. Serve warm.
🛒 Plant Longevity Spinach and live long
📚 Learn more:
- ▫️Longevity Spinach in your garden
- ▫️How to make healthy food taste delicious? Longevity Spinach Super-food Recipes.
- ▫️Eggs with Longevity Spinach
📱 What is better than Spinach
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Avocado shrimp boats: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
🟢Halve an avocado, scoop out a little extra.- 🟢Fill with sauteed shrimp tossed in garlic-lime butter.
- 🟢Enjoy instant tropical feast!
🛒 Grow your own Avocado tree
Avocado shrimp boats: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
Ingredients
- 2 ripe avocados
- 1 cup shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)
Instructions
- Halve the avocados and scoop out a little extra to make room.
- Sauté shrimp in butter with garlic and lime juice until pink and cooked through.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Fill avocado halves with shrimp mixture.
- Garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
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Jackfruit curry quickie: Quick-n-Fun exotic recipes
🟡Saute young Jackfruit chunks with coconut milk, curry paste, and ginger.- 🟡Tastes like pulled chicken curry, but totally plant-based!
🍲 Jackfruit curry exotic recipes
Ingredients
- 2 cups young Jackfruit chunks
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 tbsp curry paste
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
Instructions
- Saute young Jackfruit chunks with curry paste and ginger.
- Add coconut milk and simmer until the Jackfruit is tender.
- Serve hot. Tastes like pulled chicken curry, but completely plant-based!
🛒 Shop Jackfruit varieties
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Dragon fruit coconut parfait: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
- 🔵Layer Dragon Fruit cubes with coconut cream and toasted granola.
- 🔵A tropical breakfast that looks neon and tastes fresh!
Dragon fruit coconut parfait recipe
Ingredients
- 1 fresh Dragon Fruit, diced into cubes
- 1 cup coconut cream
- 1/2 cup toasted granola
- Optional: honey or maple syrup for drizzle
Instructions
- Layer Dragon Fruit cubes in a glass or bowl.
- Add a layer of coconut cream, then sprinkle toasted granola.
- Repeat layers until glass is full, finishing with granola on top.
- Serve immediately for a refreshing tropical breakfast or snack.
🛒 Explore Dragon Fruit varieties
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Hot Pepper pickles: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
- 🔴If you like hot and spicy pickles - Biquinho and Wiri Wiri peppers (Capsicum) are perfect for new experiments!
- 🔴Pickle whole little peppers in vinegar, garlic, Bay leaves (Laurus nobilis) and sugar.
- 🔴Sweet, tangy, and spicy little bites! Perfect as appetizers, chasers and hot parties! 🔥
Hot Pepper pickles: quick-n-fun exotic recipes
🍲 Ingredients
- 🔴 A mix of Biquinho peppers (Capsicum chinense) and Wiri Wiri peppers (Capsicum frutescens)
- 🔴 Fresh Bay leaves (Laurus nobilis)
- 🔴 Garlic cloves
- 🔴 Vinegar and sugar
- 🔴 Salt to taste
🔥 Instructions
- 🔴 Place whole peppers, garlic, and Bay leaves into sterilized jars.
- 🔴 Boil vinegar with sugar and salt, then pour over the peppers.
- 🔴 Seal and let cool. Store in the refrigerator for a few days before enjoying.
- 🔴 Sweet, tangy, and spicy — perfect for appetizers, chasers, and hot parties!
🛒 Invite Biquinho, Wiri Wiri peppers and Bay Leaves to your kitchen
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