💰 Good luck tree that brings money and prosperity? And yet shade, spectacular flowers and edible nuts? It is Guiana Chestnut!

• Pachira aquatica (Bombax glabra) - Malabar Peanut or Guiana Chestnut is a beautiful, fast growing flowering tree with edible nuts!
• Tropical wetland tree native to Central and South America, known for its large, glossy leaves and its distinctive, braided trunk.
• The tree is believed to bring good luck and prosperity to those who own it, and is sometimes referred to as a "money tree."
• Pachira aquatica is also used in traditional medicine and often used for bonsai.

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⬆️ The number one seller of tropical flowering shrubs: Tropical Rose Hydrangea.

• 🌸 Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea is one of the showiest landscape plants and a real showstopper
• 🌸 Known as the tropical hydrangea due to similar flowers. Flowers are pink to rose in color.
• 🌸 Blooms from fall to spring. Blooms all winter, providing much-desired color
• 🌸 Grows up to 7 feet tall and about the same in width. Can be pruned to about 5 feet tall. Does well in a container.
• 🌸 Thrives in full sun to partial shade, tolerates poor soil. Fuller shrub and more flowers with more sun.
Fairly drought-tolerant once established.
• 🌸 Serves as a nectar plant for many butterflies

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🍊 The truth about Papaya:
1) it is grass, and
2) it can go transgender!
The secret facts of Papaya's private life.

• 📌 Did you know that Papaya technically is not a tree? It is a large herbaceous plant, usually with a single, straight trunk that can reach 30 feet!
• 📌 Many dwarf varieties available in selection, reaching only 6-8 ft tall, but producing large crops of full size fruit - they are easy to harvest.
• 📌 Papaya trees have very complex gender mechanism, but the bottom line is - the tree can chance its sex based on conditions! Many varieties are self-fertile, but it always recommended to plant a few trees for cross-pollination and better yield.
• 📌 The sweetest Papaya is from so called "Solo" cultivars: the fruit is usually round or oval, on a smaller side, but super sweet.
• 📌 Fruit from Solo cultivars are not susceptible to fruit flies.
• 📌 Being officially a tropical plant, Papaya is pretty cold resistant and can withstand light freeze without significant damage.
• 📌 Surprisingly, Papayas are also hurricane-resistant plants and can take strong winds without damage. They still stand when other trees are down!
• 📌 Papaya is one of the Super-Foods thanks to papain - a natural enzyme containing in this fruit. Papaya fruit offers the best digestive aid! Eat some papaya after each meal to maintain healthy digestion.
• 📌 Try papaya leaf wraps for cooking meats - you won't need a meat tenderizer!
• 📌 Easy to grow trees, Papayas don't take any space in the garden, but bring so much goodness into your life!

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👀 This can't be real! But it is.

🎥 Strongylodon macrobotrys - Jade vine, the flower you need to see to appreciate! Its beautiful seagreen/turquoise color is beyond description and is the rarest in the world of flowers.
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❤️ What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrums are one of the most favorite and rewarding flowering shrubs and vines for Southern landscape or indoor culture.

• ❤️ Free flowering, bloom year around
• ❤️ Undemanding and fast growing
• ❤️ Take sun or shade
• ❤️ Many species are fragrant
• ❤️ Attract butterflies and birds
• ❤️ Perfect for container culture, compact and manageable plants
• ❤️ Cold tolerant, quickly recover from cold damage, respond well to pruning.

📚 Clerodendrums mentioned earlier: Seaside Clerodendrum, Red Bleeding Heart, Bleeding Heart Vine, Musical Note, Glory Bower.

🎥 Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

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