Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 13 Dec 2025

Holiday Plant Market Event Mementos

Holiday Plant Market Event Mementos

🎄 Holiday Plant Market Event Mementos

  • Thank you to everyone who came out for our Holiday Plant Market!
  • It was a joy watching the garden fill up with familiar friends and first-time visitors all exploring, chatting, and discovering new favorites.
  • Our PeopleCats took their jobs very seriously, trotting ahead of guests, inspecting carts, and making sure no one left without the perfect plant. The whole place buzzed with good moods, warm weather, and that fun holiday energy only a tropical garden can create.
  • If you see yourself or your friends on the photos, save or forward to share the memories!
  • If you spot yourself or someone you know in the photos, go ahead and save them or pass them along. We hope your new plants settle in beautifully, and we look forward to seeing you back in the garden soon. Happy holidays and happy growing!
  • Check out more pictures of the Event


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Date: 27 Dec 2025

Stop planting shade plants until you see this one!

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian plume or Red Cloak

Stop planting shade plants until you see this one!

  • 🚩Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian plume or Red Cloak is one of my favorite winter colors in the garden. It comes from a plant most people overlook.
  • It keeps pushing bold red flower spikes when many plants slow down.
  • 🚩It handles sun or shade, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, and even surprises people with light cold tolerance. Big leaves, strong structure, and steady color make it a solid choice for beds, fences, or large containers.
  • 🚩If your garden needs color that does not quit when the season changes, this one earns its space.


🛒 Get the winter bloomer most gardens are missing

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Plant Facts

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Brazilian Plume, Brazilian Red Cloak
USDA Zone: 9-11
Large shrub 5-10 ft tallSemi-shadeFull sunRegular waterPink flowersPlant attracts butterflies, hummingbirdsSubtropical plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time
  • Megaskepasma_erythrochlamys in Plant Encyclopedia
  • Turn up the color in your garden with the bold everblooming Brazilian plume

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    Date: 26 Dec 2025

    Always on duty

    Cat Snitch

    Cat Snitch

    🐈 Always on duty

    "Are you guys still opening your Christmas presents?
    Time to plant some trees!"


    🐈📸 Cat Snitch is already on duty in his Garden Center office at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden

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    Date: 1 Jan 2026

    Happy New Year, fellow gardeners!

    New year garden pots and meditating Buddha cat

    New year garden pots and meditating Buddha cat

    🎊 Happy New Year, fellow gardeners!

    • As we step into a fresh year, we want to thank you for being part of our little tropical corner of the world.
    • May your garden be full of new leaves, surprise blooms, and plants that thrive beyond expectations.
    • May your hands get a little dirty, your heart stay light, and your days be brightened by greenery, flowers, and a few curious cats supervising every step.
    • Here is to another year of growing, learning, and enjoying the simple joy of life in the garden.


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    Date: 31 Dec 2025

    How to create privacy in your yard fast

    Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii

    🌸 How to create privacy in your yard fast

    • 🌸 Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii - really shines, if you need privacy in your garden fast!
    • 🌸 Dombeya is the fastest-growing flowering shrub you can plant. In just one season, it can turn an open space into a thick, leafy privacy screen. Large, heart-shaped tropical leaves fill in quickly, creating solid coverage long before slower hedges even get started.
    • 🌸 The bonus comes in winter, when the plant is covered in big, soft pink, hydrangea-like flower clusters that also attract bees and pollinators. It loves water and handles wet spots with ease, making it a great choice for Florida gardens and rainy summers.
    • 🌸 If you are looking for a fast, flowering solution for privacy in your garden, Dombeya is your hedge with benefits!


    🛒 Plant Dombeya today and get pricacy right away

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    Plant Facts

    Dombeya wallichii, Dombeya x cayeuxii
    Pink Ball Tree, Tropical Hydrangea
    USDA Zone: 9-11
    Large shrub 5-10 ft tallSmall tree 10-20 ftFull sunModerate waterPink flowersPlant attracts butterflies, hummingbirdsFragrant plant
  • Dombeya x wallichii in Plant Encyclopedia
  • What is the most popular Winter-flowering shrub?
  • 13 festive shrubs with bright flowers that bring color to your Winter Garden when everything else is dormant

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