Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 25 Feb 2025

A flowering hedge everyone wants: how big and fast does Hawaiian Sunset grow?

Stictocardia beraviensis - Hawaiian Sunset Bell

🔔 A flowering hedge everyone wants: how big and fast does Hawaiian Sunset grow?

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❤️ Check out yourself: Stictocardia beraviensis - Hawaiian Sunset Bell - this dense live hedge grew from just ONE plant over the fence in one season! Just give it some space and Hawaiian Sunset Bell won't disappoint you.<

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Date: 21 Feb 2025

Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

🔔 Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

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    💕 Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell - Very showy, charming little shrub that will bring a touch of elegance and color to your garden.
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    💕 Impressively statured herbaceous shrub with graceful, arching branches and lovely pink, bell-shaped flowers that bloom from fall to spring, like a natural fountain of beauty.
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    💕 Not only is it eye-catching, but it also has a fascinating history - used to make the famous Assam Indigo dye and even for treating common ailments in traditional medicine.
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    💕 This fast-growing, cold-hardy plant is also great for containers
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    💕 Those delicate bells will attract butterflies. Add some charm and whimsy to your outdoor space!
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Date: 21 Feb 2025

Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell

🔔 Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

  • &💕 Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell - Very showy, charming little shrub that will bring a touch of elegance and color to your garden.
  • &💕 Impressively statured herbaceous shrub with graceful, arching branches and lovely pink, bell-shaped flowers that bloom from fall to spring, like a natural fountain of beauty.
  • &💕 Not only is it eye-catching, but it also has a fascinating history - used to make the famous Assam Indigo dye and even for treating common ailments in traditional medicine.
  • &💕 This fast-growing, cold-hardy plant is also great for containers
  • &💕 Those delicate bells will attract butterflies. Add some charm and whimsy to your outdoor space!
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Date: 20 Feb 2025

Powderpuff and a Bee

Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff

🐝 Powderpuff and a Bee

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Date: 17 Feb 2025

This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time

Pink Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum mastacanthum, Rotheca mastacantha)

This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time

  • &🎀 Pink Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum mastacanthum, Rotheca mastacantha) is a rare and exciting new addition to the plant world, originating from South Africa.
  • &🎀It closely resembles the more common Blue Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum ugandense) but stands out with its stunning pink flowers.
  • &🎀The pink blooms are arranged in tighter panicles, giving the plant a more compact appearance.
  • &🎀While the size of the flowers is a bit smaller than its blue counterpart, the vibrant color and unique charm make it a captivating choice for your garden. Its rarity and beautiful blossoms make the Pink Butterfly Bush a standout plant for rare plant collectors.
  • &🎀 Very fast growing and vigorous bush! Perfect when you need a screen plant or a showy specimen quickly.
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🎈 These two varieties of Clerodendrum must go together - Blue Butterfly and Pink Butterfly - perfect combination! The flowers and butterfly-like shape attract butterflies and other pollinators to the garden. So these plants are all about butterflies!<

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