Stop planting shade plants until you see this one!

• 🚩Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian plume or Red Cloak is one of my favorite winter colors in the garden. It comes from a plant most people overlook.

It keeps pushing bold red flower spikes when many plants slow down.
• 🚩It handles sun or shade, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, and even surprises people with light cold tolerance. Big leaves, strong structure, and steady color make it a solid choice for beds, fences, or large containers.
• 🚩If your garden needs color that does not quit when the season changes, this one earns its space.

🛒 Get the winter bloomer most gardens are missing

📚 Learn more:

• ✦ Megaskepasma_erythrochlamys in Plant Encyclopedia
• ✦ Turn up the color in your garden with the bold everblooming Brazilian plume

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🐈 Always on duty

"Are you guys still opening your Christmas presents?
Time to plant some trees!"

🐈📸 Cat Snitch is already on duty in his Garden Center office at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden

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🐍 Is it deadly snake? 2025 was the Year of the Snake...

That scary-looking black garden snake? Totally harmless.
In Florida, most black snakes you see around gardens are Black racer or Black rat snake. They are not poisonous, not deadly, and actually great neighbors.
Black racer - Coluber constrictor
Black rat snake - Pantherophis alleghaniensis
Both are non-venomous, common in Florida gardens, and often mislabeled as "deadly" just because they look bold and move fast.

• ▪️They are actually shy - would rather run than fight
• ▪️Excellent pest control - they eat rats, mice, frogs, and insects
• ▪️Often mistaken for dangerous snakes because they are fast and jet black
• ▪️If you see one, it means your garden ecosystem is healthy

So no, this is not a deadly snake - just a free garden helper doing its job. Let it pass, and it will disappear as fast as it showed up!

📚 Learn more about the passed Year of the Snake:

• ▫️Year of the Snake
• ▫️2025: The Year of the Green Wood Snake A Time for Wisdom, Growth, and Renewal
• ▫️Green Wooden Dragon's favorite plants

🐈📸 Black garden snake at TopTropicals Bfarm PeopleCats.Garden

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🍴 Blackberry Warm Smash Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh or frozen blackberries (Rubus sp.)
• Optional: 1 tsp honey or sugar
• Thick yogurt or toasted bread, for serving

Instructions

1. Add blackberries to a small pan and warm over medium heat.
2. Cook until berries soften and burst, about 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Lightly mash with a spoon. Sweeten if desired.
4. Spoon warm blackberry smash over yogurt or toast and serve immediately.

🛒 Grow your own Blackberries - hardy and productive plants

📚 Learn more:

• ▫️ Blackberry (Rubus sp.) in Plant Encyclopedia
• ▫️ Fruits with the most vitamin E, according to dietitians

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🎁 Where are MY presents?

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens

🐈📸 Cat Bob waiting for his Christmas Dinner at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden

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