Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 3 Aug 2025

Caught on camera: found this on the Flower of Caipora

Ruellia affinis - Flower of Caipora

🌺 Caught on camera: found this on the Flower of Caipora.
  • 🍁 Ruellia affinis, the Flower of Caipora - is a rare tropical gem from the forests of Brazil, with tropical red blooms when you need them most!
  • 🍁 This isn't your typical Ruellia. It's a climbing, vining shrub that puts out blazing red flowers in winter when most plants are taking a nap especially during Fall-Winter holidays.
  • 🍁 You can let it vine up a trellis or pinch it back to make a bushy, compact shape. Either way, those scarlet blooms will pop once the older stems mature.
  • 🍁 Just give it light shade, warmth, and moisture - and it'll reward your patience with color when you least expect it!


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📸 What's on the plant? Anyone knows the name of this Moth?

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Date: 4 Aug 2025

Late season mango Kent: Floridas delight

Mango Kent

🥭 Late season mango Kent: Florida's delight.
Mango Rainbow🌈
  • 🟡Kent is Florida's late-season superstar that never disappoints!
  • 🟡These big, oval mangoes turn yellow-green with a ruby-red blush and emit the most tropical, peachy aroma. Slice inside and you’ll find dense, fiberless orange flesh that melts in your mouth with a sweet-tangy burst and warm spice notes. It's juicy, succulent, and perfect fresh or in smoothies - and they keep coming from July through early fall.
  • 🟡This tree is a heavy bearer, disease resistant, and a must-have in any mango collection!


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Date: 7 Aug 2025

Black n White

Black n White Black n White

😶 Black n White



"To make it easier to find a black cat, place it on white."

🐈📸 Georgie, Google and Klaksa the cats at Top Tropicals PeopleCats.Garden

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Date: 19 Aug 2025

You wont believe what was hiding inside this Siamese twin Valencia Pride mango!

Valencia Pride mango

🥭 You won't believe what was hiding inside this Siamese twin Valencia Pride mango!
Mango Rainbow🌈


🥭 From our Valencia Pride tree that you saw in earlier video came this giant double mango - two fruits fused into one! On the outside it looked bizarre, but the real surprise came when we cut it open. Want to see what a twin mango looks like inside? Watch the video and find out!

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Date: 15 Sep 2025

Free natural shampoo: squeeze it and see what comes out!

Pine Cone Ginger - Zingiber Zerumbet, Shampoo Ginger

💄 Free natural shampoo: squeeze it and see what comes out!

  • 💄Pine Cone Ginger (Zingiber Zerumbet), is called Shampoo Ginger due to its unique, milky substance found in the cones. If you squeeze these bright red cones, a fragrant, milky liquid seeps out - traditionally used in Asia and Hawaii as a natural shampoo. Even today, you’ll find it in commercial shampoos.
  • 💄 But there's more to it than hair care. All parts of the plant carry a spicy fragrance, the cones make striking, long-lasting cut flowers, and the whole plant adds a tropical vibe to your garden.
  • 💄 And here's a fun history twist: Pine Cone Ginger is a "canoe plant", carried across the Pacific by ancient Polynesian voyagers. Imagine - this little shampoo factory traveled the ocean in canoes centuries ago!

Would you try washing your hair with this tropical ginger?

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