Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 16 Feb 2019

Featured plant. Randia formosa - Blackberry jam fruit

Randia formosa - Blackberry jam fruit

This unique compact plant, perfect for container culture, combines features of a fragrant flower and tasty desert fruit. Kids love it! Originally from Central and South America, this rare tropical small evergreen tree bears fruit which tastes like fresh Blackberry jam. Many claim that it's even better than preserves. Closely related to the gardenia, its flowers are sweetly fragrant. This relatively hardy tropical has attractive foliage and can be grown in a container as well as in the ground. The Randia formosa (or Rosenbergiodendron formosum) produces as many as 25 to 30 fruits at a time. Since it blooms for a few months in the fall and winter, fruiting and flowering can be enjoyed when many other plants are dormant. Large tubular white flowers that attract nocturnal moths... Read more about this plant...

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Date: 1 May 2024

Cat of the Day - James Coconuts

🐈 Cat of the Day - James Coconuts.

James wants to be a model so he took over the photo studio. Does your cat do the same to you or to your keyboard? Share your cat photos in comments 😺

So, no plants tonight. Only Coconuts
Good night🌜

📸 😺 👇 Share your cats in comments!

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Date: 4 May 2024

How to find a plant name? Try Plant ID from TopTropicals - we know them all!

How to find a plant name? Try Plant ID from TopTropicals - we know them all!

How to find a plant name? Try Plant ID from TopTropicals - we know them all!

📷 Submit a picture of your mystery plant in comments to this post and we will put the name to it!

Lost in the jungle of unknown flora? Fear not! At TopTropicals, we're your guides through Nature's mysteries. Share a snapshot, and we'll unveil the identity of that mysterious plant in your garden.

🔹 Captured a cool looking flower but don't know what it is?
🔹 Own a rare plant but lost a tag?
🔹 Simply want to be "know-it-all" and impress others with your plant knowledge?

We can help! At TopTropicals we know all the Tropicals.

In the photos above: Citoria ternatea, Strongylodon macrobotrys, Aetanthus nodosus, Cananga fruticosa, Butea monosperma.

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Date: 6 May 2024

What are the health benefits of Gardening?

What are the health benefits of Gardening?

What are the health benefits of Gardening?

Therapeutic effect of gardening is not just a modern discovery. Throughout history, various cultures have recognized the mental and physical benefits of gardening...

🏺 In ancient Egypt, physicians prescribed walks through gardens for patients struggling with mental health issues.

🕯 During the Middle Ages in Europe, monastery gardens were designed not only for sustenance but also for meditation and relaxation.

🔮 Gardening has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression while promoting relaxation and a sense of well-being.

😅 The physical activity involved in gardening also provides exercise, contributing to overall health.

🌳 So, whether you're tending to a small indoor herb garden or cultivating a vast outdoor plot, the act of gardening can be a powerful tool for both mental and physical wellness.

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Date: 9 May 2024

How to get a HUGE crop

How to get a HUGE crop

🍇 How to get a HUGE crop of grapes, like in this post, or any other fruit crop?👆

🍝 Your answer is SUNSHINE C-Cibus - eco-friendly concentrated nutrition booster for fruiting plants.

🟢 Helps to produce strong growth, high yield, larger fruit size.
🟢 Improves quantity and quality of flowers and ability to set fruit. Encourages profuse blooming and reduces bud-flower-fruit drop.
🟢 Can be used as often as with every watering and year around.
🟢 Scientifically-balanced stable formula is organic Amino-acid based and has NO EDTA chelators to eliminate nutrients lockup; it does not affect crop taste.
🟢 Great for edibles! Based on Organic Amino Acids.
🟢 Pollinating insects friendly!

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