Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 26 Mar 2026

🌈 Adeniums: More Than Just Plants

Smokey  and  Sunshine  in  a  luxury  greenhouse  admiring  sculptural  adenium 
 plants  with  thick  caudex  trunks  and  colorful  blooms.
Sunshine: What are they called? Adeniums? They’re not plants. They’re art. Look at those sculptured butts.

Smokey: Caudex. Water and nutrient storage for future use.

Sunshine: I need a caudex too. For coffee and my donuts

Smokey: You already have one. Have you looked in the mirror lately?.

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🌱 Shape, Color, and Why Each Adenium Feels Unique

Adeniums can stop you in a strange way. It is not only the flowers, although they help. It is the whole plant. The swollen base, the curves, the way no two look quite the same. Some are thick and heavy, some more refined, almost like they were shaped on purpose. After a bit, you stop seeing them as regular plants and start treating them more like objects you want to keep and look at.

That is usually how a collection starts. One plant, then another that feels different, and then you want contrast. Light next to dark, soft next to bold, one with a wide base next to a taller form. It is not really about having many. It is about how they look together. And over time, each one changes a little, so the collection never stays the same.

Adenium  desert  rose  plants  in  pots  with  thick  sculptural  caudex  and 
 colorful  blooms  in  yellow,  orange,  red,  and  pink

Adeniums display a wide diversity of colors and forms, from red and pink to yellow and purple. Through multi-grafting, several varieties can even grow and bloom on a single plant.

Collection  of  Adenium  desert  rose  flowers  in  many  colors  including  red,
    pink,  yellow,  white,  and  deep  burgundy  with  single  and  double 
 blooms

A world of colors in every bloom - how many can you resist? Warning: Highly collectible! No two are the same - and that’s exactly why one is never enough. Rare, unique, unforgettable - build your collection, one stunning bloom at a time.
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Date: 30 Mar 2024

CAT BREEDS:
European Shorthair - a cat that came from the wild...

European  Shorthair 
 Cat

By Alex Butova, the Witch of Herbs and Cats

Q: I saw your beautiful cats in your garden and now I know you are not only plant experts, but also cat experts. Do you now what is the classic color of European shorthair cat?

A: You are right, here at Top Tropicals we have a whole PeopleCats garden with all sorts of cats, and we can tell stories about each breed and personality! In fact, our cat expert Alex Boutova just started a series about cat breeds.
With European shorthair cat breed, there is a twist! Sometimes, people get confused because European shorthair covers lots of different cats found all over Europe. It's not just one type of cat, but a whole bunch! You've got cats with two colors, including bicolor cats (including tuxedo cats), multicolor cats, and even cats with just one solid color like black, grey, ginger, or tabby...

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European Shorthair: a cat that came from the wild.

European  Shorthair  Cat  with  a  bunny

Date: 7 Apr 2025

Just testing the waters

💦 Just testing the waters…

☔️"Water, you’re not getting away from me this time!"

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Date: 3 Jun 2023

PeopleCats of the month:
Cat Brothers

Two  brother  cats  for  Gemini  Zodiac

Photo above: You've met before Georgie and Philemon but you probably didn't know they were brothers. Not twins, because they were from litters following each other, so Georgie is the older brother. But they both are very smart, maybe their mother taught them the same tricks.
Photo below: Wesley and Marco are actually real twins... but they are so different! Fat and skinny, lazy and crazy, quiet and loud, velvet and fluffy. But they are both very sweet and loving!

Gemini Cats and their Zodiac
5/21-6/20

By Alex Butova, the Witch of Herbs and Cats

Today's story is about Gemini cats.
They are known for their exceptional communication skills. They are undoubtedly quite the chatty felines! With a diverse repertoire of meows, and it's up to us humans to decipher their messages. These cats possess remarkable intelligence, capable of uttering words like 'hello' and posing 'why?' questions, even when they are just kittens. If you happen to leave paint around, be prepared for Gemini cats to step in it and leave paw print messages around the house. It's their way of communicating in a feline code that may elude our comprehension.
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Two  gray  brother  cats  for  Gemini  Zodiac