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Date: 5 Oct 2024

The most beautiful of all orchid trees

Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree

🌺 The most beautiful of all orchid trees



Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree:
"...Edging the golf course of the club was a glorious sweep of glowing purple. Even before I was near enough to identify the trees, the rich, heady perfume which filled the air told me they were Bauhinias. The sight left me breathless and it was then I realised how difficult was the attempt I was making to describe in mere words the trees I know better how to paint..." (D. Cowen, "Flowering trees and shrubs of India")

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Date: 17 Oct 2024

Do you have a spot for pure white and elegant?

Bauhinia acuminata - Dwarf White Orchid Tree

🕊 Do you have a spot for pure white and elegant?

  • Bauhinia acuminata - Dwarf White Orchid Tree - is a true gem for any garden! This charming small tree flaunts pure white, orchid-like flowers that bring a delicate beauty to sunny or semi-shaded spaces.
  • Despite its smaller size, it's a standout with its lovely, five-petaled blooms and graceful, rounded leaves.
  • Ideal for compact gardens or even containers, the Dwarf White Orchid Tree creates a tropical, elegant atmosphere while being easy to care for.
  • With its bright, long-lasting blooms, this tree is sure to capture your heart!


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Date: 19 Apr 2024

Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings

Bauhinia monandra - Nepoleons Plume

Bauhinia monandra - Nepoleons Plume

Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings...

Bauhinia trees have striking orchid-like flowers in hues ranging from white and pink to purple and red. The flowers boast delicate petals with intricate patterns, resembling the elegance of true orchids.

The leaves are deeply divided, typically into two lobes or halves, hence another common name "Butterfly tree" due to their resemblance to butterfly wings.

Need a fast growing, easy to care tree with beautiful blooms? Orchid trees offer quick shade solution and guarantee a spectacular winter flower show.

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Date: 28 Feb 2025

How Avocado trees set fruit

Flowering Avocado tree

👍 How Avocado trees set fruit

  • Similar to Mango trees we mentioned earlier, Avocado trees start flowering from late Winter to Spring, depending on variety. During this time, avocado trees produce small, yellow-green flowers in clusters, and the pollination process is crucial for fruit set. Avocados have both male and female flower parts, but they open at different times, requiring cross-pollination between flowers for successful fruit production. During flowering, avocado trees need warm temperatures and plenty of sunlight to encourage pollination.
  • There are numerous hybrids in cultivation, and once you plant your first tree and taste the REAL fruit (not from the grocery store), you'll be eager to explore other varieties. It's a guarantee! While it's true that avocado fruit can vary in "butter" content, most superior varieties are equally delicious.


📚 For more information on Avocado varieties, including fruit color and size, tree habit, season, and much more - check out our interactive Avocado Variety Guide. It will helps to choose the right variety for you. With its interactive tool, you can sort cultivars by fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, crop season, flower type A or B, tree habit and more.

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This tiny avocado tree is covered with hundreds of flowers soon to become lots of fruit

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Date: 22 May 2025

What does Joy Perfume flower smell like?

Magnolia champaca, the Joy Perfume Tree in full bloom

☀️ What does Joy Perfume flower smell like?

  • 🏵 Meet Magnolia champaca, the Joy Perfume Tree - the most desirable perfume tree for Southern gardens and a Signature Plant of Top Tropicals!
  • 🏵 At our Farm in Sebring, these stunning trees bloom almost year-round, filling the air with a fruity, enchanting fragrance.
  • 🏵 Yes, this is the flower used to make the world's most expensive perfume - Joy! And it smells like fruity bubble gum... you won’t stop sniffing it!
  • 🏵 With lush, lemon-lime leaves and a tall, elegant shape, Champaka is as beautiful as it is fragrant.
  • 🏵 Visit Top Tropicals in Fort Myers or Sebring and bring home your very own Joy Perfume Tree today!
  • 🏵 We have beautiful Champaka trees in all sizes:


    3 gal pot: 3-4 ft tall - ready to bloom within a year, can be shipped
    7 gal pot: 5-6 ft tall - ready to bloom, can be shipped
    15 gal pot: 7-8 ft tall - have already bloomed, pick up or delivery*
    25 gal pot: 10 ft tall - have already bloomed, pick up or delivery*
    * Free delivery for qualified orders


🎥 These Champaka trees in the video are 5 years old (3 years in the ground) and keep blooming for the last 3 years!

🛒 Claim Your Joy Today - Own Your Perfume Champaka!

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