Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 4 Oct 2024

How big is the Little Gem?

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, flower

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, flower

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, tree

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, tree

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, flower

Little Gem Magnolia - Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia, flower

💎 How big is the Little Gem?



🕊 Looking for a cold-hardy tree with majestic flowers and a scent that could make angels swoon? Meet the Little Gem Magnolia! This delightful dwarf variety of the Magnolia grandiflora - Southern Magnolia - packs all the charm without the towering height.

🕊 With large, perfect white flowers that emit a divine fragrance, this beautiful columnar tree is like nature's perfume dispenser.

🕊 The leaves? They’re fluffy and brown underneath, like a teddy bear wearing a velvet jacket!

🕊 Though it’s called a "dwarf," don’t be fooled - Little Gem can still reach up to 8-10 feet wide if planted in the ground, offering plenty of blooms even when young.

🕊 While it's slow-growing, this compact beauty is perfect for small gardens where space is precious. Ideal perfume tree for container garden.

🕊 Whether it's in a container or part of your landscape, this magnolia is a total showstopper. If you're ready for a tree that blends elegance, fragrance, and manageable size, Little Gem is your new best friend!

📚 Learn more:


· Southern Magnolia from the time of the dinosaurs
· Tropical Magnolias
· Plants with scents as heady as incense: Enchanted Magnolias - Joy in your life

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Date: 28 Sep 2024

What is the easiest and toughest plant for covering both fence and ground?

Trachelospermum jasminoides - Confederate Jasmine

💥 What is the easiest and toughest plant for covering both fence and ground?



💮 Trachelospermum jasminoides - Confederate Jasmine: this charming plant is a triple threat - beautiful, fragrant, and versatile!

💮 With its sweetly scented flowers and bright leaves (variegated in some varieties), it's perfect for covering fences, trellises, or even as a ground cover.

💮 It blooms profusely from winter through spring, adding vibrant color and scent to your garden.

💮 It's incredibly easygoing: drought-tolerant, fast-growing, and happy in both sun and shade. Whether you want a lush hanging basket or a fragrant garden showstopper, this jasmine is a no-brainer!

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Date: 16 Sep 2024

What is the Jasmine Oil made of?

✨ What is the Jasmine Oil made of?



🌞 French Perfume Jasmine, or Poets jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is the most popular jasmine in the world as it is the source of the original Jasmine essential oil.

🌞 There are two varieties - with single flower (Jasminum x grandiflorum - it has larger size flower and is more rare) and double flower ( Jasminum officinale Flore Pleno). They are very hard to tell apart when not in bloom as the leaves look the same, but the flowers differ (see video).

🌞 Essential oil of this jasmine is one of the most important components in perfumery.

🌞 Grown in the perfume fields of Southern France.

🌞 Semi-evergreen to deciduous vine with lots of fragrant white flowers in spring, summer, and fall.

🌞 Drought tolerant and hardy, it has good tolerance to a wide range of temperatures and is easily maintained in pots.

🌞 Jasmine associates nicely with climbing roses, honeysuckle or clematis, but it looks superb grown on its own.

🎥 The difference between the double and single flower varieties.



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Date: 16 Sep 2024

What is the Jasmine Oil made of?

French Perfume Jasmine, Poets jasmine (Jasminum officinale)

✨ What is the Jasmine Oil made of?



🌞 French Perfume Jasmine, or Poets jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is the most popular jasmine in the world as it is the source of the original Jasmine essential oil.

🌞 There are two varieties - with single flower (Jasminum x grandiflorum - it has larger size flower and is more rare) and double flower ( Jasminum officinale Flore Pleno). They are very hard to tell apart when not in bloom as the leaves look the same, but the flowers differ (see video).

🌞 Essential oil of this jasmine is one of the most important components in perfumery.

🌞 Grown in the perfume fields of Southern France.

🌞 Semi-evergreen to deciduous vine with lots of fragrant white flowers in spring, summer, and fall.

🌞 Drought tolerant and hardy, it has good tolerance to a wide range of temperatures and is easily maintained in pots.

🌞 Jasmine associates nicely with climbing roses, honeysuckle or clematis, but it looks superb grown on its own.

🎥 The difference between the double and single flower varieties.



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Date: 4 Sep 2024

How to grow your own Chanel #5

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

🌞 How to grow your own Chanel #5.



Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree is a highly sought-after plant fragrant small tree.

✨It stays compact with a lovely tree-like shape.

✨ Flowers smell just like the full-size Ylang-Ylang (source of Chanel#5 perfume fragrance), though the fragrance may be lighter in less humid conditions.

✨Starts flowering right away and blooms year-round in warm conditions.

✨ Thrives as a container- and houseplant. Needs bright light for profuse flowering.

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