Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 30 May 2024

Tired of an ugly hedge? Replace it with Aglaia - Chinese Rice Flower, and enjoy Lemony Fragrance year around!

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant flowers

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant flowers

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant hedge

Aglaia odorata - Chinese Perfume Plant hedge

🍋 Tired of an ugly hedge? Replace it with Aglaia - Chinese Rice Flower, and enjoy Lemony Fragrance year around!

  • 🟡 Aglaia odorata is also known as Chinese Perfume Plant, Chinese Rice Flower, or Mock Lemon.
  • 🟡 The plant has an outstanding fragrance from tiny, rice-sized yellow flowers.
  • 🟡 Aglaia grows into a dense bush without pruning. It is relatively slow-growing; so large plants are rare and hard to find.
  • 🟡 Easy to grow bush, it is perfect for a cold tolerant tropical hedge.
  • 🟡 Aglaia has many medicinal uses; contains odorine and odorinol, which have cancer chemopreventive activity.


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Date: 20 Aug 2024

How to create your personal retreat

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Bob, Scooby and Cash: "Grow your plants in the bathroom, and watch as your tropical oasis flourishes right where you begin and end your day."

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Date: 16 Aug 2024

Discover the most impressive Florida Vine

Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine

Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine

🔥 Discover the most impressive Florida Vine!

💻 "I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers." - Claude Monet

📸 Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine, is a stunning winter bloomer native to Florida. Its vibrant orange flowers resemble a fiery cascade, blanketing the tops of trees where the vine climbs. The tubular blossoms form dense clusters, creating a striking, flame-like appearance that stands out against the winter landscape, making it a spectacular sight during the cooler months.

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Date: 21 Aug 2024

What hibiscus has the most health benefits

Hibiscus sabdariffa (Flor de Jamaica, Karkade Sorrel, Roselle)

🌺 What hibiscus has the most health benefits



Hibiscus sabdariffa (Flor de Jamaica, Karkade Sorrel, Roselle) flowers have deep red calyces that are used worldwide to make a refreshing teas "Agua de Flor de Jamaica" and Karkade Tea, known for its tart flavor and health benefits. This is one of the most fast growing plants, bringing from seed to big bush a big flower crop within just one season.

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Date: 27 Aug 2024

Fun Fact: Bulls-Horn Acacia

Acacia collinsii (sphaerocephala) - Bulls-Horn Acacia

Acacia collinsii (sphaerocephala) - Bulls-Horn Acacia

Acacia collinsii (sphaerocephala) - Bulls-Horn Acacia

Acacia collinsii (sphaerocephala) - Bulls-Horn Acacia

Acacia collinsii (sphaerocephala) - Bulls-Horn Acacia

Acacia collinsii (sphaerocephala) - Bulls-Horn Acacia

Fun Fact: Bulls-Horn Acacia



🐜 Acacia collinsii (sphaerocephala) - Bulls-Horn Acacia, named for its bull-horn-shaped thorns, has a unique partnership with ants! The plant provides shelter in its hollow thorns, and in return, the ants fiercely protect it from herbivores. Nature’s ultimate bodyguards!

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