Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 4 Jul 2025

Three things you will love about the tiniest Powderpuff - for the Tidiest Garden

Calliandra emarginata Nana, Dwarf Powderpuff

💖 Three things you will love about the tiniest Powderpuff - for the Tidiest Garden



💖 Calliandra emarginata Nana, Dwarf Powderpuff - this cheerful little shrub stays compact and blooms non-stop with fluffy pink powderpuff flowers that bees and butterflies can't resist.

💖 The name Calliandra means "beautiful stamens" - and it delivers! You'll see round, silky flowerheads popping out along the branches almost all year.

💖 It's easy to grow, easy to shape into a tidy bush or a mini tree, and easy to love!

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📚 More about Calliandras:


· Powderpuff and a Bee
· The best fast growing flowering bush for a privacy screen
· Baby-pink fluffy flower for butterflies - Lilian
· Flowering bush that everyone loves
· Tree Calliandra
· How to get a big flowering bush quickly? Calliandra - Powderpuff for blocking the unwanted view

#Hedges_with_benefits #Butterfly_Plants

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Date: 4 Jul 2025

Blooming Lobster Claw Show at TopTropicals

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw

Blooming Lobster Claw Show at TopTropicals



🔻 Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw or Parrot's Beak - is one of the most iconic tropical plants, and for good reason. Its vivid, dangling blooms look like parrot feathers or lobster claws and last for weeks, making them perfect for garden displays or cut flower arrangements.

🔻This bold beauty grows up to 7 feet tall, thriving in tropical climates or large pots in cooler zones. Surprisingly cold-tolerant, it can handle temps in the high 20s and still put on a spectacular show.

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📚 Learn more:


Lobster Claw - Simply Spectacular
How to grow Lobster Claw

#Hedges_with_benefits #Shade_Garden #Nature_Wonders

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Date: 4 Jul 2025

Happy Independence Day!
4th of July Sale

Independent cat on Independence Day opening a can

"Independence is happiness." - Susan B. Anthony

Happy 4th of July from the tropics! Whether you're staying local or escaping for the long weekend, it's the perfect time to enjoy your garden, start something new, or grab that plant you've been eyeing. Red Desert Roses, white fragrant Gardenias and Jasmines, rare Blue Ginger - tropical blooms are showing off right now, and we are celebrating with a hot summer sale: 20% off everything with code HAPPY4TH25, plus extra savings on combined DEALS and BOGO! Add some color to your summer and let your garden do the fireworks!

Use the code below to save 20% on your entire order:

HAPPY4TH25

Min order $200. Excluding S/H. Exp. 7-7-25

Reminder: use our FREE and DISCOUNTED SHIPPING for qualified orders

Shop Now Bauhinia madagascariensis, Red Butterfly Orchid Tree

In the photo above: Bauhinia madagascariensis, Red Butterfly Orchid Tree - dazzles with bright red flowers striped in gold. A rare, fast-growing tropical that brings serious color to your garden, it is one of the most striking Orchid trees you can grow. It thrives in sun and rewards with nonstop color.

Date: 3 Jul 2025

Imagination will take you everywhere

James Coconuts the cat

James Coconuts the cat

🐱 Imagination will take you everywhere

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." - Albert Einstein

🐈📸 James Coconuts and his Time Machine at TopTropicals

#PeopleCats #Quotes

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Date: 3 Jul 2025

Where do Macadamia nuts come from

Macadamia trees with fruit

🌰 Where do Macadamia nuts come from



🐿 Macadamia trees (Macadamia integrifolia) that were flowering earlier in Spring, are now full of nuts at Top Tropicals garden! We are looking forward to harvesting these sweet, delicious and nutritious treats, competing with squirrels!

📚 More about Macadamia tree:


What are the flowers of Macadamia nuts
Ten best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes. # 6: Macadamia Nut Tree.
How to grow your own Sweet Macadamia Nuts

🛒 Grow your own Macadamia Nuts

#Food_Forest

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