👍 If you are lucky to have a large bathroom with a skylight, you can create your little tropical oasis! Plants on the video are the easiest candidates that require minimum care:
🟢 Spring into Green at Our Spring Plant Market! Join us today, March 1, for a vibrant celebration of nature!
Bring your friends and family to explore a tropical oasis where our friendly #PeopleCats are ready to help you find the perfect plants to brighten your space.
🗓 Highlights of the event include:
- 30% OFF online prices (*excluding 15 gallon material and rare plants) - Exciting raffle prizes - Special discounts on selected plants - Complimentary gift bags for the first 25 ccustomers with an order $50+ - Life Music: the Famous Hand Pan Lady! (see her previous performance at Top Tropicals)
🆓 Free plant with any purchase as a token of our appreciation
📍 Event discounts and specials valid at both locations:
When does Sapodilla start fruiting and what is the best variety
Sapodilla or Brown Sugar fruit, fruiting trees
🔥 When does Sapodilla start fruiting and what is the best variety
Sapodilla or Brown Sugar fruit, is one of the most favorite tropical fruit trees. It produces juicy, brown-sugar-sweet fruit. The tree is compact, easy in cultivation and starts producing in small size. Grafted and air-layered trees start fruiting right away.
Hasya - extra large, football-shaped fruit native to Mexico where it is the number one commercial cultivar grown. The fruit has a reddish hue throughout the pulp. The tree is a large upright grower, and it is a prolific producer. Ripens from November to June.
Makok - the best producer, the fruit is long, pointed, and one of the best tasting in the world. It is native to Thailand. The tree is a small compact grower, perfect for limited spaces. Ripens from May to November.
Molix is a football shaped large fruit native to Mexico. Similar to Hasya, darker brown, the tree has curly leaves. The pulp is exceptionally sweet with a fine pear texture. Ripens from February to May.
Oxkutzcab (or Ox) - "gigantic sapodilla" - is originally from Oxkutzcab (Yucatan). Extremely large (up to 28 oz), roundish fruit with speckled, light-colored skin. Heavily productive tree. Ripens from May to September.
Silas Woods is an outstanding variety with dwarf growth habit and adapts well to a container. Highly productive, producing year round, providing bright light and warmth. The branches often require support as they get very heavy loaded with fruits. The best variety for small yards and container culture.
ThaiBrowny that we mentioned in earlier post, was brought by TopTropicals from Thailand in 2005. Fruit is oval, medium size, and very sweet. The tree is a heavy producer.
· 2 slices of bread, toasted
· 1 ripe avocado, mashed
· 1 cup jackfruit, shredded
· Salt, pepper, and optional chili flakes
👍 Instructions:
· Saute shredded jackfruit in a little oil with salt and pepper until warmed.
· Mash avocado with a pinch of salt and pepper (add chili flakes if you like spice).
· Spread avocado on toasted bread.
· Top with warm jackfruit.
· Enjoy immediately!
Why
Adeniums are the most popular container plants
What is the easiest and most showy plant for your patio
or poolside?
Q: Can you recommend a compact, showy plant for a
container by the pool that will bloom with minimal care and survive if I
forget to water it? I need 4-5 of them... Does such a plant even exist, or is
that too much to ask?
A: Surprisingly, such a plant does exist! Meet
the Desert Rose -
Adenium - the perfect flowering plant for low-maintenance beauty. Just
look at those colors!
Why choose Adenium for your container garden?
Desert roses - Adeniums - are among the most popular container plants for both indoor
and outdoor settings. Here's why:
- Easy to grow - Thrives in sun or shade, indoors, and in low
humidity.
- Drought-tolerant - Requires minimal water and can go long periods
without it.
- Not picky about soil and pH.
- Spectacular blooms - Produces vibrant, showy flowers.
- Unique and eye-catching - Forms a curious, swollen caudex with
unusual shapes.
How many varieties and colors are out there?
- At Top Tropicals, we offer over 200 varieties of Adeniums, with more
than 100 in stock at any time.
- With so many stunning hybrid colors, you'll want to collect them all!
- Enjoy double flowers, red, purple, yellow, striped, dotted, rainbow, and
even black flowers!
The secret to a large, swollen caudex:
- Raise the plant slightly each time you repot it, exposing the upper
part of the roots - this encourages the plant to form more roots that grow
downward.
- Unlike most tropical and houseplants, Adeniums prefer neutral to hard
water, have very low water needs, and can thrive in full sun or shade.
Adeniums truly check all the boxes for a carefree, long-blooming, and
striking poolside or patio plant!