✨ What is the most spectacular Clerodendrum?

🌸 Clerodendrums are tropical favorites, easy to grow, and bloom year-round. Thriving in sun or shade, they're perfect for home gardens. Many bloom in winter, brightening dark days - even on a windowsill!

🌸 One of our favorites is Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Java Glorybower Mary Jane. This fast growing bush blooms with bright coral flowers, virtually year around!

🎥 Clerodendrum speciosissimum - Java Glorybower Mary Jane

📚 More about Clerodendrums in previous posts:

💋How to grow Clerodendrums
💋Fireworks of Winter
💋Fragrant Cashmere Bouquet
💋Fountain Clerodendrum
💋What is better - Blue or Pink?
💋Why is it called Blue Butterfly?
💋Clerodendrum paniculatum
💋Seaside Clerodendrum
💋Pink Bleeding Heart
💋Why is it called Musical Notes?
💋Bleeding Heart Vine
💋Cashmere Bouquet!

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📌 New Year with New Plants: how to choose from 17 Tropical Paradise Resolutions

✍️ "A garden is never so good as it will be next year..." - Thomas Cooper.

⚡️ As we step into a fresh new year, it's the perfect time to think about what exciting, special, and life-changing plants we can add to our gardens. The days are getting longer, and spring is just around the corner, so now's the time to make a plan and prepare for the season ahead. Let's take small steps each year to create the garden of our dreams. This winter, consider these fun resolutions:

💋Hang a bird feeder and install a rain barrel
💋Order some tropical plant seeds for an early start
💋Ask your grandparents about their favorite garden plants
💋Build a raised bed for succulents
💋Plant a fruit tree or two to have some crop this year
💋Start a compost pile
💋Switch to organic fertilizers and plant boosters
💋Fill empty spaces with flowering trees, shrubs, and vines
💋Add butterfly attractors to your garden
💋Provide water for bees and butterflies to help them thrive and pollinate your fruit trees
💋Get a bonsai starter to try bonsai art
💋Enjoy meals outside as often as you can
💋Teach a child how to plant a tree
💋Plant berry-bearing shrubs like Tropical Cherries to feed the birds
💋Rake up leaves for winter mulch
💋Add a few exotic plants to your indoor collection or container garden
💋Share plants as gifts all year long

🚩🚩🚩🚩 Happy gardening in 2025!

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Lula Avocado – The Winter Warrior of Florida

🟢 Lula is an avocado variety that's tougher than most! Known for its frost resistance, this cultivar is perfect for homeowners and gardeners in Central Florida and around Orlando. In fact, it was once the top commercial avocado in South Florida, thanks to its ability to endure chilly winters and produce heavily even when other varieties might struggle.

🟢 Lula fruits are medium to large, pear-shaped, and sometimes feature a slender neck. Their skin is smooth, with a greenish tint, enclosing pale to greenish-yellow flesh. With a 12-16% oil content, the Lula offers a creamy, rich flavor that’s a delight in guacamole or straight from the fruit. The large, tightly held seed also makes it a reliable producer, minimizing seed sprouting issues during the harvest.

🟢 The harvesting season runs from November to December, offering a long production window that stands out among other avocado varieties. Originally developed from a tree planted by Mrs. Lula Cellon in 1915 near Miami, this variety has proven its early bearing nature and heavy yields, making it ideal for both home gardeners and small orchard owners.

🟢 If you're looking for an avocado tree that thrives in Central Florida's conditions, bears flavorful fruit, and can withstand the cold, Lula is your go-to! Just give it plenty of space to grow tall and enjoy years of delicious harvests.

📚 Learn more about Avocado varieties

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🌸 5 simple rules how to grow a fragrant Plumeria tree and make it bloom for you, just like on the pictures.

1 Soil must be well-drained: use potting mix with good amount of perlite, bark, and coconut fiber. We recommend Sunshine Abundance professional soil mix for best results.

2 Container must be the size of the root ball and not much bigger, to avoid water-logging. Plumeria likes dry conditions. Water only when the soil gets slightly dry.

3 Full sun is a must. If grown indoors, keep the plant in the brightest spot and take it outside for the sun bathing when possible.

4 Dormancy in winter: this little tree drops leaves during winter. When it happens, reduce water to the minimum and let your Plumeria rest until it starts sprouting new leaves.

5 Fertilize for the most profuse flowering with a plant food that is high in Phosphorus. Plumeria is a heavy feeder. We recommend Sunsine Megaflor Bloom Booster liquid fertilizer - it can be used with every watering and year around.

Enjoy the fragrant blooms!

🛒 Choose from fantastic colors of Plumeria

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🔥 Spectacular winter-flowering flame vine that everyone wants

🔥 Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine, or Orangleglow Vine - is a fast-growing showstopper that rewards minimal care with brilliant orange, daisy-like flowers almost year-round.

🔥 For sheer beauty, this vigorous climber is hard to beat, covering itself with blooms from November through Spring, then sporadically for the rest of the year.

🔥 Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds love it, and its thick evergreen leaves create a lush background for the bright blossoms.

🔥 Drought resistance and few pest problems make it a perfect pick for beginners who want a dazzling floral display with little fuss.

📚 Learn more:

A Fiesta of Mexican Flowers for beginners and butterflies

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