Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 28 Sep 2024

What is Barbados Gooseberry?

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry, flowers

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry, flowers

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry, fruit

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry, fruit

What is Barbados Gooseberry?



Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry, is a very interesting, unusual addition for any self-sustaining landscape due to its fast-growing nature and unique combination of cactus and leafy vine, with beautiful flowers and showy edible fruit.

Low-maintenance plant, it is perfect for covering walls or fences, adds greenery and a productive food source, making it both practical and visually appealing.
  • ⏺A unique cactus with real leaves, unlike most cacti. Needs very little water.
  • ⏺Fast-growing vine that can cover fences or walls quickly.
  • ⏺When in bloom, the vine is covered with beautiful white flowers, followed by bright orange, edible, tangy fruits.
  • ⏺Great for adding greenery and a food source to your garden.


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Date: 14 Oct 2024

New Animation Video: Grow Your Own Food

Q: Prices continue to skyrocket! How can we afford healthy food? I wish I could grow money, like that useless grass in the yard - it grows faster than we can mow it!

A: You don't have to grow money! Grow the fruit! Use your yard instead of being used by your yard. Start your own Food Forest today by planting the edible landscape. Grow your own food - we can help!

Plant a tree today and enjoy your fruit tomorrow!
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Date: 8 Nov 2024

Plants the seeds today to enjoy your fruit tomorrow

seeds of Nutmeg

seeds of Nutmeg

🍿 Plants the seeds today to enjoy your fruit tomorrow



"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds." - Mexican Proverb
  • 📸 Mr Barcy is getting ready to plant seeds of Nutmeg

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Date: 22 Nov 2024

What tropical fruit is better than a watermelon?

Syzygium samarangense, Java Apple, Macopa

Syzygium samarangense, Java Apple, Macopa

Syzygium samarangense, Java Apple, Macopa

Syzygium samarangense, Java Apple, Macopa

Syzygium samarangense, Java Apple, Macopa

Syzygium samarangense, Java Apple, Macopa

🍉 What tropical fruit is better than a watermelon? Wax Jamboo!

  • 🍐 Syzygium samarangense, commonly known as Wax Jamboo, Java Apple, or Macopa, is an attractive tree native to tropical regions, with striking, glossy leaves and beautiful, fragrant flowers.
  • 🍐 It produces pear-shaped fruits with smooth, waxy skin in varying colors, including white, green, pink, and crimson.
  • 🍐 In tropical climates, it can yield abundant crops with up to 700 fruits per tree, harvested in two fruiting seasons annually!
  • 🍐 Wax Jamboo is known for its crisp, crunchy texture and refreshing, mildly sweet flavor, making it a popular choice for both eating fresh and using in various culinary dishes. They're widely used in Indian-Ocean-Island cuisine for fresh salads or lightly sautéed dishes.
  • 🍐 This tree is not just decorative; it's also quite low-maintenance. It thrives in fertile, well-drained soil with adequate rainfall and some humidity, and it is hardy down to just above freezing temperatures. It's also perfect for container gardening, requiring minimal care apart from regular watering and occasional feeding
  • 🍐 Wax Jamboo fruits are often compared to watermelons because of their juicy, thirst-quenching properties, making them a fantastic treat on hot days.


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Date: 5 Dec 2024

This is why its called Heaven Lotus Tree - fragrant and edible!

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, flower

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, flower

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, tree

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, tree

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, flower

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, flower

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, flower close-up

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, flower close-up

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, fruit

Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus, fruit

💐 This is why it's called Heaven Lotus Tree - fragrant and edible!

  • Gustavia augusta - Heaven Lotus - is a stunning, small tropical tree from Brazil that looks like it stepped right out of a tropical paradise. The spectacular, perfumed flowers resembling Lotus are as beautiful as they are unique.
  • These large, striking blooms with white-and pink petals and a magic sweet fragrance are so eye-catching that the central crown almost looks good enough to eat!
  • Straight, often unbranched trunk, with a single cluster of leaves at the top, gives it a palm-like vibe. As it grows older, it may sprout a few large branches, each with its own leafy crown. The leaves are huge - no other tree around has leaves quite as big, except maybe a palm. They're long, narrow at the base, and broad at the top, making them a real showstopper.
  • The rounded, pear-shaped fruit grow directly on the trunk (a trait called cauliflory, see earlier post) and contains delicious yellowish-orange pulp that can be boiled and resemble meat in taste. The leaves, when boiled into a decoction, are said to cure intoxication.
  • Truly an exciting, one-of-a-kind tree, a gem for collectors! Can be grown in containers.


🛒 Enjoy your own Heaven Lotus Tree

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