Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 7 Jul 2025

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Chonemorpha fragrans - Frangipani vine

💎 What is better than Plumeria? Only climbing Plumeria!

💮 It's in bloom again at Top Tropicals Garden! Over and over, from Spring through Winter! Almost year around non stop. What a vigorous vine, and the perfume flowers never stop coming.

💮 Imagine Plumeria's wild cousin climbing your fence: Chonemorpha fragrans, the Frangipani vine, is a tropical liana with jumbo 12-inch leaves and creamy white flowers that fill the air with that unmistakable Plumeria scent.

💮 This beauty doesn’t grow like a tree - it climbs! Perfect for fences, trellises, or pergolas, it brings vertical drama and sweet, Plumeria-like fragrance to sunny or lightly shaded spots.

💮 Give it some support and a little fertilizer, and your garden will bloom into a lush, fragrant escape that smells like a Hawaii vacation!

🛒 Grow your own wall of perfume

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A Plumeria you can train to climb
Plant this vine over a fence to bring fragrance into your garden
Can Frangipani be a vine? How to bring fragrance into your garden

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Date: 6 Jul 2025

Allergy-free cat that blooms all year!

Acalypha hispida - Red Hot Cattail, Chenille Plant

🔥 Allergy-free cat that blooms all year!



🐈 Acalypha hispida - Red Hot Cattail or Chenille Plant, is a showstopper with long, fuzzy tassels that look just like playful cat tails - without the sneezes!

🐈This tropical beauty grows fast, blooms year-round in warm climates, and dazzles with vibrant red, pink, white, or crimson flowers that hang like living ornaments.

🐈 Whether grown as a tall shrub, trimmed hedge, or in a sunny container, it's tough, salt-tolerant, and always eye-catching. Bright light and a few trims are all it needs to purr-form!

🛒 Buy now - the purrfect bloom with zero allergies!

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The purrrfect hypoallergenic Cat Tail

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Date: 4 Jul 2025

Three things you will love about the tiniest Powderpuff - for the Tidiest Garden

Calliandra emarginata Nana, Dwarf Powderpuff

💖 Three things you will love about the tiniest Powderpuff - for the Tidiest Garden



💖 Calliandra emarginata Nana, Dwarf Powderpuff - this cheerful little shrub stays compact and blooms non-stop with fluffy pink powderpuff flowers that bees and butterflies can't resist.

💖 The name Calliandra means "beautiful stamens" - and it delivers! You'll see round, silky flowerheads popping out along the branches almost all year.

💖 It's easy to grow, easy to shape into a tidy bush or a mini tree, and easy to love!

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📚 More about Calliandras:


· Powderpuff and a Bee
· The best fast growing flowering bush for a privacy screen
· Baby-pink fluffy flower for butterflies - Lilian
· Flowering bush that everyone loves
· Tree Calliandra
· How to get a big flowering bush quickly? Calliandra - Powderpuff for blocking the unwanted view

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Date: 4 Jul 2025

Blooming Lobster Claw Show at TopTropicals

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw

Blooming Lobster Claw Show at TopTropicals



🔻 Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw or Parrot's Beak - is one of the most iconic tropical plants, and for good reason. Its vivid, dangling blooms look like parrot feathers or lobster claws and last for weeks, making them perfect for garden displays or cut flower arrangements.

🔻This bold beauty grows up to 7 feet tall, thriving in tropical climates or large pots in cooler zones. Surprisingly cold-tolerant, it can handle temps in the high 20s and still put on a spectacular show.

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Lobster Claw - Simply Spectacular
How to grow Lobster Claw

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Date: 2 Jul 2025

The perfect ever-bloom beneath your shade tree

Tabernaemontana divaricata - Pinwheel Jasmine in bloom

🎡 The perfect ever-bloom beneath your shade tree



Tabernaemontana divaricata, also known as Pinwheel Jasmine or Crape Jasmine, is in bloom virtually year around at Top Tropicals garden.

➕ It is a charming, low-maintenance shrub that thrives under taller trees, like palms or oaks. With glossy green leaves and delicate white, pinwheel-shaped flowers, it adds brightness and elegance to shaded spaces.

➕ Blooming year-round, Pinwheel Jasmine brings steady beauty to your garden and can even be trained into a small ornamental tree.

➕ While it loves bright light for the best floral show, it's surprisingly shade-tolerant - making it a go-to choice for under-tree planting.

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Let your shady spots bloom beautifully!

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What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?

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