Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 5 Apr 2025

Go Bananas - up to 20% OFF Banana Trees!

Now through 4/15 - Limited Time Only!

Banana  varieties  collage

Banana Health Benefits

Bananas are a powerhouse of nutrition - rich in potassium for heart health, and packed with vitamins B6 and C to boost energy and immunity. They come from fast-growing, easy-care trees that thrive in warm climates or containers. Whether eaten fresh, blended, or baked, bananas are a naturally sweet and tasty treat you can grow yourself!

Ready to turn your garden into a tropical paradise and grow your own delicious bananas? Now's your chance - use our offer below!

A Banana for Every Space and Taste

At Top Tropicals, we've got over a dozen top banana varieties - from exotic ornamental beauties like Blood Leaf and Siam Ruby to edible showstoppers. Edible varieties range from popular, heavy-producing types like Double Mahoi to rare collector favorites like Ice Cream (Blue Java) - the kind you'll never find at the grocery store. We also carry dwarf varieties that grow just 4 feet tall but still produce full-sized fruit - perfect for containers, patios, and small spaces. Collect them all - edible, ornamental, dwarf, rare - and enjoy the fun, flavor, and beauty of growing your own banana grove.

From Collectors to Beginners - We've Got Your Banana

"Growing bananas is like growing sunshine. They bring energy, beauty, and fruit to your doorstep." - said Dr. Richard Campbell, tropical fruit expert and co-creator of the condo mango concept.

Growing bananas is easy, low-maintenance, and budget-friendly. With Sunshine Boosters plant food, these tropical favorites grow fast and can start producing as soon as next season! Whether you live in the South or up North, in a house or an apartment - you can grow your own bananas in the garden, on a balcony, patio, or lanai and enjoy the taste of the tropics at home.

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Additional 10% off your entire purchase (including any other plants), saving total of 20% on your Banana trees:

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Hurry, offer ends April 15th!

Banana  Truly  Tiny

Learn More About Banana Varieties:

- Top Ornamental Banana Varieties - Which One Belongs in Your Garden?
- Best Edible Bananas to Grow - Sweet, Unique, and Delicious!
- How Many Banana Varieties Can You Grow? (More Than You Think!)

Sunshine  Boosters  fertilizers  for  Banana  trees

In the photo above: Sunshine Boosters are the best fertilizers for ornamental (Sunshine Robusta) and edible bananas (Sunshine C-Cibus).

Date: 19 Jun 2025

♥️ Best Mementos of Fathers Day Event

Father's  Day  Event  at  Top  Tropicals,  Cat  at  checkout

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Father's Day Plant Market! Your TopTropicals Team works hard in the field and is always happy to help with your garden needs, plant selection, delivery, and installation. Our friendly PeopleCats are always hard at work, guiding guests through the garden as they picked out the perfect plants to brighten their spaces.

See also on Facebook: Reels of the event and Video of Hand Pan Lady Performance at Top Tropicals 6-14-2025.

Father's  Day  Event  at  Top  Tropicals,  Happy  Customer

Hand  Pan  Lady  playing  music  at  Top  Tropicals  Fathers  Day  Plant  Market

Hand Pan Lady Performance at our Garden Center - see a short video of her wonderful music.

Date: 19 Jul 2025

🔥 Too hot to function?
20% off QUALITY fertilizers

Macaron  the  tuxedo  cat  lying  lazily  on  his  side  in  a  sunny  windowsill,  one  paw  raised  mid-stretch  as  he  naps  through  the  summer 
 heat.

When it gets this hot, even Macaron the cat gives up on pretending to care. He flops sideways, paw in the air like he's surrendering to the sun, and doesn't move for hours. Your plants? They’re doing the same.

That's not neglect. It's survival.

If your tropical plant suddenly stopped growing, it's not mad at you - it's on summer strike. And the worst thing you can do is try to push it with a shovel of cheap dry fertilizer.

In our next column we will tell you how to save plants from heat stress, root burn, or just plain summer sulking. Macaron's Paw of Approval 🐾.

While you're at it - give your plants the gentle support they actually need - and save!

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No minimum order. Offer Ends July 24, 2025.

Shop fertilizers and garden supplies Orange  cat  with  garden  supplies  and  fertilizers

Date: 17 Sep 2025

🍇Mulberries – the hidden gems of every garden

Picture this: it’s July, the sun is warm, and you step outside to a tree dripping with berries. You reach up, and your fingers come away stained purple. The taste? Like blackberries kissed with raspberry — sweet, juicy, unforgettable.

Collage  of  mulberry  varieties  -  Illinois  Everbearing,  Dwarf 
 Everbearing,  Shangri-LA,  White  Mulberry,  Pakistani  Giant,  Issai,  Florida 
 Giant

That’s what a Mulberry gives you. And the best part? You don’t wait years. Many trees fruit the very next season. Dwarf types can even fruit nearly year-round in pots — fresh berries on your patio, without leaving home.

🌟 Varieties gardeners swear by:

Collage  of  mulberry  varieties  -  Illinois  Everbearing,  Dwarf 
 Everbearing,  Shangri-LA,  White  Mulberry,  Pakistani  Giant,  Issai,  Florida 
 Giant

In the photo above: mulberry varieties - Illinois Everbearing, Dwarf Everbearing, Shangri-LA, White Mulberry, Pakistani Giant, Issai, Florida Giant

Mulberries aren’t just delicious — they’re loaded with antioxidants, help balance blood sugar, and make your garden come alive with birds and shade. Don’t wait another season. Plant your Mulberry now and taste the difference by next summer.

Watch short videos:

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Min order $100. Excluding S/H, valid online only, cannot be combined with other offers.

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Date: 10 Feb 2019

Lovely Madagascar Jasmine (Stephanotis)

TopTropicals.com

By Mark Hooten, the Garden Doc

Question: Could you recommend an easy to grow flowering vine for a large trellis? Something with a sweet fragrance?

Answer: Personally, I have to consider the "Madagascar Jasmine" (Stephanotis) as being one of my favorite flowering vines. I used to grow one as a windowsill-plant in Indiana when I was just a kid. Even indoors in the far north, (wrapping itself around a small home-made bamboo trellis), it somehow managed to reliably flower off and on all year long, even in mid-winter... Continue reading...