Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 11 May 2024

18 most popular herbs: where to use each herb?

Basil

Catnip

Rosemary

Balm

Cilantro

Sage

Tarragon

Lemon grass

Mint

Thyme

18 most popular herbs: where to use each herb? 🍲

🌿 Arugula - Green salads, pasta sauce
🌿 Balm - Iced drinks, salads, poultry stuffing
🌿 Basil - Tomato salad, any past dish? home-made pesto, garnish
🌿 Catnip - Sauces and stews, for tea
🌿 Chervil - Soups, green salads, as a garnish
🌿 Chives - Cream cheese, potato salad, green salads, sauces
🌿 Cilantro - Stews, rice, salads, salsa
🌿 Dill - Fish dishes, pickles, potato salad
🌿 Lemon grass - Oriental stir-fry, for tea
🌿 Marjoram - Italian dishes, stews, soups
🌿 Mint - Add to potatoes, peas, cucumber, carrots, mint sauce, mint tea
🌿 Oregano - Italian and Greek dishes, green salad
🌿 Parsley - Butters, pasta dishes, as garnish
🌿 Rosemary - BBQ, roast lamb/chicken, fish, fried/baked potatoes
🌿 Sage - Stuffing, add to poultry, mix with cream cheese
🌿 Sorrel - Soup, serve with fish, pastries
🌿 Tarragon - Fish, chicken, sauces
🌿 Thyme - Stocks and stews, add to pasta

📸 Basil, Catnip, Rosemary, Oregano, Cilantro, Sage, Terragon, Lemon grass, Mint, Thyme

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Date: 8 May 2024

What is this spiny Hedgehog fruit and how does it taste?

Annona montana - Mountain Soursop, Hedgehog Annona

What is this spiny Hedgehog fruit and how does it taste?

👀 This is one of the coolest looking tropical fruit!

Annona montana - Mountain Soursop or Hedgehog Annona. It is also called Wild Custard Apple, Guanabana de Monte, or Wild Soursop.

📍 This fruit is prized for its deliciously sweet and tangy fruit, reminiscent of a blend between pineapple and strawberry. It tastes similar to regular Soursop (or Guanabana), with slightly milder flavor. The pulp is highly scented.
📍 The fruit, up to a pound, has the most unusual looks! Just look at these curious Hedgehog spines!
📍 The tree is medium sized, with beautiful, large, leathery dark green leaves that emit a strong aroma when crushed.
📍 Mountain Soursop is much more cold hardy than the Soursop, established trees can take some frost, down to 24F when full grown.
📍 Trees produce within just 2-3 years from seed, like many Annonas, and can happily grow and produce in a large container.

👨�‍👧 We guarantee that everyone who sees this fruit in your garden will ask for seeds even before they taste the fruit! And you will have lots of seeds to share because Mountain Soursop is very reliable producer with many seeds in each fruit.

🛒 Order Hedgehog Annona

📚 Learn more about Hedgehog Annona

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Date: 7 May 2024

The fragrance no one can resist!

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

💗 The fragrance no one can resist!

🐝 🍯 Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

🟠 The enchanting fragrance of the Honeysuckle is sweet and captivating, it has a universal appeal that everyone loves.
🟠 The alluring scent can evoke nostalgic memories and create a sense of tranquility, making it irresistible to anyone.
🟠 Honeysuckle is cherished for its fragrant, tubular flowers that attract pollinators like bees and butterflies, adding vibrancy to gardens. 🐞🐝
🟠 Its vigorous growth and ability to climb make it ideal for covering walls, fences, or arbors, providing both beauty and privacy.
🟠 One of the garden favorites! Its resilience and adaptability to various climates make it a versatile and enduring choice for gardeners worldwide.

🌡 This is a cold hardy tropical, can take some freeze once established.

🛒 Get Sweet Honeysuckle for your garden

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Date: 6 May 2024

What is it, Jasmine, Carnation, or Gardenia?

Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno - Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, Florida Gardenia

What is it, Jasmine, Carnation, or Gardenia?

💮 Tabernaemontana Flore Pleno is also called Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, or Florida Gardenia. Although it is not related to Jasmine, Carnation, or Gardenia! It is in fact in the same family with Plumeria and Desert Roses!

This lovely bush or small tree with waxy leaves and beautiful fragrant flowers is a must in every tropical garden. Because:

💠 it is easy to grow and undemanding
💠 it is very fast growing and bushy
💠 it is free flowering throughout the year

🛒 Get one for your garden

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Date: 2 May 2024

Fun Fact: Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae)

📖 Fun Fact: Bleeding Heart Vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae) is named for its unique red and white flowers that resemble... bleeding hearts! 😍

❣️Native to tropical West Africa
❣️ Spectacular, dramatic flowers look like a line of dangling hearts, each emerging from the other.
❣️ It's a climbing vine often grown as a houseplant or in gardens with a trellis for support.
❣️Winder heavy bloomer, but as long as you provide lots of light to it, it'll bloom most of the time.

🛒Get your own Bleeding Heart

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