Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 17 Mar 2026

Green Magic - 15% Off This Week!

Smokey and Sunshine running a sale of fertilizers at Top Tropicals

Smokey and Sunshine running a sale of fertilizers at Top Tropicals

Green Magic - 15% Off This Week!💲

Give Your Plants a Strong Start This Spring:
  • 🟢Green Magic - 15% OFF 🟢

    • Build the foundation for the entire growing season with a steady, long-lasting nutrient base!

    No coupon needed. The discount is automatically applied at checkout.
    Offer valid through 03/21/2026.
    Discount applies to Green Magic products only.


🛒 Get your plants some food
  • 🐈 Sunshine: So Green Magic feeds the plant for months. Does that mean I can forget about Sunshine Boosters?
  • 🐈 Smokey: Not quite. Green Magic is the steady base diet. Sunshine Boosters are the weekly power drink during active growth.
  • 🐈 Sunshine: Ah. Like my regular meals and donuts on top.
  • 🐈 Smokey: Exactly. Plants eat slowly from Green Magic, and once a week they get a fresh boost.
  • 🐈 Sunshine: Sprinkle once, then boosters every week. The plant grows, I drink coffee, and nobody forgets anything important.
  • 🐈 Smokey: Except where you left the donuts.
  • 🐈 Sunshine: Smokey... nobody forgets donuts. Ever!
  • 🐈🐈 More about Smokey & Sunshine


📚 Learn more about plant food:
📱 What are Sunshine Boosters

#Fertilizers #PeopleCats
🟢 Join 👉 TopTropicals

Date: 5 Oct 2019

Gardenia flowers: how to prevent bud-drop

Q: My gardenia looks beautiful, but the flowers fall off of it before they even open up, the majority of them get this brown color at their base. Can you point me in the right direction.

A: There are 3 possible problems, either one, or a combination:
1) Lack of light
2) Too much water
3) Lack of micro-nutrients in soil
Try the following treatments:
- micro-elements SUNSHINE-SuperFood as foliar spray + drench rootball, once a month, it will improve quality of the flowers.
- Silicon protection: SUNSHINE-Power-Si. This supplement has Silicon as an active element (Si). Adding it to soil or/and over foliar spray can immensely enhance plants' resistance to external factors and boost their growth and health.
Make sure the soil is not soggy, reduce watering especially during fall/winter.

Date: 30 Aug 2018

6 Things to Do on Labor Day Weekend

TopTropicals

1. Plant a tree... or a shrub, even just a small perennial will do. This plant will make you feel good and accomplished for the whole year, until next Labor Day (or even longer!). You will always see this fruit of your work and remember your motivation, so things are not that bad with you!

2. Pull 66 weeds. Needless to say, you have plenty of those in your yard at the moment. Why 66? Just do it and see what happens. If you don't see any happy results, pull another 66.

3. Fertilize all plants in your garden or potted collection with slow release fertilizer and microelements. Remember, this is the last chance to give them food and strength to survive, before winter. Starting October, all leftover fertilizer goes to storage, even in tropical gardens.

4. Apply SUNSHINE booster to protect your plants from cool temperature, help to go into dormancy and rest without stress.
Remember, there are products for all your pre-winter needs: Sunshine-T for improving cold tolerance, Sunshine-BC for caudex and bonsai plants, Sunshine-H for houseplants, and general booster Sunshine-E to cover all occasions... 50 and 100 ml bottles available for large plant collections.
Sunshine-Honey

Date: 7 Jul 2023

Fertilizing a Mango tree in container

Mango trees in pots and fertilizer

Q: I live in the area with cooler winters so I am keeping my mango tree in a pot. What fertilizer do you recommend for the best growth and fruit production?

A: If you're growing fruit trees in pots, using liquid fertilizers is a great choice. And when it comes to liquid fertilizers, ones that are based on amino acids are super cool because they're natural and plants can gobble up all the good stuff without any problems. So, if you have a mango tree, the absolute star in amino acid-based fertilizers is -

Sunshine Boosters Mango Tango

Your tree will be doing a happy dance with this stuff!

Sunshine booster mango tango fertilizer

Why Sunshine Boosters liquid fertilizers are so popular?

Here are a few awesome reasons:

1. Speedy nutrients: Sunshine Boosters liquid fertilizers are like a fast pass for plants. They get absorbed by the roots super quick, giving your fruit tree a speedy delivery of all the nutrients it needs. This is especially great for potted plants with limited soil space, like those yummy fruit trees.

2. Nutrients for all: Sunshine Boosters are like the fairy godmothers of nutrients. When you pour them around the base of your tree, they spread out evenly, making sure every bit of the tree gets its fair share of the good stuff. No nutrient deficiencies allowed!

3. The power of precision: Sunshine Boosters liquid fertilizers and other cool plant supplements let you become a master mixologist for your plant. You can measure and mix them just right, giving your tree the exact nutrients it craves. It's like creating a customized cocktail for your tree's taste buds. Try adding the magic works of SUNSHINE Microelement Supplement Kit - that improves hardiness, vigor, and production.

4. Leafy goodness: Sunshine Boosters have a secret talent - they can be sprayed directly on the leaves! It's like giving your tree a refreshing nutrient-packed spa treatment. The leaves slurp up those nutrients, bypassing any soil limitations. Talk about a VIP treatment!

Remember, while liquid fertilizers are awesome, they work best when you team them up with other good plant care practices. So don't forget to water properly, keep that soil in tip-top shape, and give your tree plenty of sunshine. With this dream team, your potted mango tree will thrive and grow like a champ!

mango trees in containers

Shop All Sunshine Boosters

Date: 27 Jan 2026

🌸 Adenium, Coffee, and Donuts

Smokey and Sunshine with a blooming adenium desert rose on a worktable, surrounded by potted adeniums in the background.
Smokey: Desert rose. One caudex. Multiple grafts. Different flowers.
Sunshine: So it is a team plant. Everyone blooms, nobody agrees.
Smokey: Yet it grows just fine.
Sunshine: That is the secret. Coffee and donuts.

🌸Featured Adeniums

Recommended by our Horticulturist, Tatiana Anderson

Moung Kusuma Moung Kusuma adenium flower with deep magenta velvety petals and dark edging

Deep magenta flowers with a velvety look and a darker, almost black edge. A bold, elegant adenium that stands out immediately.

Sunshine Adenium Sunshine flower with pink and white petals and bright color contrast

Bright yellow and mauve swirls across layered petals create a warm, cheerful bloom that lives up to its name.

White Rabbit Adenium White Rabbit flower with white petals and bright pink streaks. Clean white petals brushed with playful pink streaks. A reliable bloomer with soft ruffled flowers.
Thong Samsee Adenium Thong Samsee flower with creamy yellow petals and soft pink edges

Known for its three-color effect, shifting from yellow to pink to nearly white on the same plant.

Candy Adenium Candy flower with creamy white petals and soft pink edges

Cheerful yellow petals dipped in cherry red with bold ruffled layers. Bright, playful, and impossible to miss.

Black Sheep Adenium Black Sheep flower with nearly black petals and deep red highlights

Nearly black petals with a glowing red center. Dark, dramatic, and different.

Free Adenium (Desert Rose) Shipping
Plant now, bloom soon. Get select Adenium (Desert Rose) varieties shipped to you with FREE S&H.
Offer valid through 02/06/2026. Limited quantities. While supplies last.
Free shipping applies to qualifying Adenium items only. Excludes other items and prior orders.

✍️ Learn About Adeniums

🎥 Watch Adenium Videos

🛒 Shop Adeniums
◂ Previous pageNext page ▸Most recent entry ▴Blog table of contents