Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 20 Jun 2026

Fathers Day

Fathers Day
🌞 Father's Day & Summer Solstice Discount 🌞

Still looking for a Father's Day gift?
Skip the tie and give Dad something that grows.

Top Tropicals Gift Certificate makes a perfect last-minute gift and can be emailed instantly. Let Dad choose the tropical plants, fruit trees, or collectibles he really wants.

And while you're shopping, celebrate the longest day of the year with us! Use coupon code:

🎁 FATHERS2026 🎁

Save on tropical plants, fruit trees, flowering shrubs, vines, succulents, and more.
Whether you're shopping for Dad, adding to your own garden, or planting something special to mark the Summer Solstice, this is a great weekend to bring home something new.

✅ Some customer favorites include:



🍑 Fruit trees and food forest plants
🌸 Plumerias and adeniums
Fragrant plants
🥭 Mangoes and avocados 🌳
Flowering and fast growing shade trees

Happy Father's Day to all the dads, grandfathers, stepdads, and plant dads who help things grow.
Happy Summer Solstice - may your gardens be lush, your fruit trees productive, and your days full of sunshine. 🌞🌴

Min order $100. Excluding S/H. Exp. 6-23-2026
Use our FREE and DISCOUNTED SHIPPING for qualified orders
Feel free to use code FATHERS2026 yourself or share it with your friend.

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Date: 20 Jun 2026

Fathers Day and Summer Solstice Discount

Father's Day & Summer Solstice Discount

Father's Day & Summer Solstice Discount

Father's Day gift card

Father's Day gift card

🌞 Father's Day & Summer Solstice Discount 🌞

Still looking for a Father's Day gift?
Skip the tie and give Dad something that grows.

Top Tropicals Gift Certificate makes a perfect last-minute gift and can be emailed instantly. Let Dad choose the tropical plants, fruit trees, or collectibles he really wants.

And while you're shopping, celebrate the longest day of the year with us! Use coupon code:

🎁 FATHERS2026 🎁

Save on tropical plants, fruit trees, flowering shrubs, vines, succulents, and more.
Whether you're shopping for Dad, adding to your own garden, or planting something special to mark the Summer Solstice, this is a great weekend to bring home something new.

✅ Some customer favorites include:



🍑 Fruit trees and food forest plants
🌸 Plumerias and adeniums
Fragrant plants
🥭 Mangoes and avocados 🌳
Flowering and fast growing shade trees

Happy Father's Day to all the dads, grandfathers, stepdads, and plant dads who help things grow.
Happy Summer Solstice - may your gardens be lush, your fruit trees productive, and your days full of sunshine. 🌞🌴

Min order $100. Excluding S/H. Exp. 6-23-2026
Use our FREE and DISCOUNTED SHIPPING for qualified orders
Feel free to use code FATHERS2026 yourself or share it with your friend.

🛒 Shop tropical plants

#Discounts

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Date: 20 Jun 2026

Last minute gift shopping: Gift Card with 15% BONUS VALUE for Fathers Day!

Smokey and Sunshine ordering a Gift Card

Smokey and Sunshine ordering a Gift Card

🎁 Last minute gift shopping: Gift Card with 15% BONUS VALUE for Father's Day!



Smokey: What happened? Lost your ridiculous pants?
Sunshine: They're not ridiculous. They're a statement. Besides, I have a problem. Bigger than those pants. My dad's Father's Day gift plants won't arrive before Father's Day.
Smokey: When did you order them?
Sunshine: Five minutes ago.
Smokey: Use a gift certificate.
Sunshine: Will that save my fat orange ass?
Smokey: Yes. It's sent by email. Assuming you remember your dad's email address. Plus, it has 15% extra value.
Sunshine: Perfect. Dad gets what he wants. And I keep the donuts.

🎁 Live plants make perfect gifts! Let Dad choose the plants he likes.



Order now and the gift card automatically will be 15% larger face value, for example:
- You pay $100, we'll issue a $115 gift card
- You pay $200, the card will be of $230 value.
Make sure to use words "Happy Fathers Day" in message field to qualify for the bonus value

Offer valid through 6/23/2026.
The Gift Card has no expiration date.
The Gift Card can be used to buy plants, seeds, and garden supplies.


🎁 Feel free to use this code yourself or share it with your friend.

🛒 Buy Gift Card with Bonus Value

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·  About Smokey & Sunshine

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Date: 20 Jun 2026

We Followed the Fragrance and Found This Remarkable Vine

Hiptage benghalensis - Helicopter Flower

Hiptage benghalensis - Helicopter Flower

🚁 We Followed the Fragrance and Found This Remarkable Vine

Hiptage benghalensis - Helicopter Flower - was one of the most memorable plants we discovered in Thailand.
We actually noticed its fragrance long before we ever saw it. A sweet, fruity perfume drifted through the air, stopping us in our tracks. Following the scent led us directly to a vigorous flowering vine covered in clusters of unusual pink, white, and yellow blooms.


🌟 Why "Helicopter" Flower?



The unique nickname comes from its distinctive, three-winged seed pods that spin through the air like tiny helicopters when they drop. But the flowers are the real attraction. Their frilly petals, striking colorful markings, and powerful fragrance are intense enough to perfume an entire garden.

🌟 The Ultimate Winter Bloomer



What makes Hiptage especially valuable to a gardener is its perfect timing. It blooms heavily during winter and early spring, right when many other tropical plants are still resting. Just when the garden seems quiet, this vine steps up to fill the air with perfume.

🌟 Tough, Versatile, and Easy to Grow



Despite its exotic appearance, Hiptage is surprisingly adaptable and forgiving. Depending on your space and goals, you can train it in multiple ways:

Climbing Vine: Let it scale a trellis or fence for a vertical privacy screen.
Small Tree or Large Shrub: Shape it with regular pruning to create a standalone focal point.
Container Plant: Easily maintained in a large pot for patios or moving indoors during cold snaps.
✓ It grows quickly, tolerates a wide range of soils, and thrives beautifully in both full sun and partial shade.

💡Did You Know? In India, Hiptage is known as Madhavi, or the "Spring Herald." Traditional folklore often pairs it with mango trees - the sturdy mango supports the fragrant vine, together symbolizing strength, beauty, devotion, and the arrival of spring.

🌟 Bring the Perfume Home



It is easy to understand why this plant has been cherished for centuries. Few vines combine such intense fragrance, long-lasting cold-season beauty, adaptability, and rich history in a single package.
If you love fragrant plants, the Helicopter Flower may just be one of the most rewarding, head-turning discoveries you can add to your collection this year.
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🛒 Bring Home the Fragrance of Madhavi

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Hiptage Plant Facts

Botanical name: Hiptage benghalensis, Hyptage bengalensis
Also known as: Hiptage, Helicopter Flower, Madhavi
USDA Zone: 9 - 10
Highligths Large shrub 5-10 ft tallVine or creeper plantSemi-shadeFull sunWatering: Regular. Let topsoil dry slightlyYellow, orange flowersWhite, off-white flowersPink flowersPlant attracts butterflies, hummingbirdsEthnomedical plant.
Plants marked as ethnomedical and/or described as medicinal, are not offered as medicine but rather as ornamentals or plant collectibles.
Ethnomedical statements / products have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. We urge all customers to consult a physician before using any supplements, herbals or medicines advertised here or elsewhere.Fragrant plantSubtropical plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time
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· Hiptage benghalensis in Plant Encyclopedia
· Helicopter flower Madhavi - the Spring Herald that clings to a Mango Tree

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Date: 19 Jun 2026

Old wine to drink and old friends to trust

Cat Lilimon

Cat Lilimon

🍷 Old wine to drink and old friends to trust



"Age appears to be best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." - Francis Bacon

🐈📸 Cat Lilimon sharing her old wine collection at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden.

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