Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 20 Jul 2025

What is that Big Thing???

Giant Bird's Nest Anthurium - Anthurium x hookeri

What is that Big Thing???

  • What is that big thing in the corner? It's the Giant Bird's Nest Anthurium minding its business and taking up way more than its fair share of space. This plant, Anthurium x hookeri, looks like it wandered in from the jungle and decided to stay.
  • The leaves are enormous - wrinkly, leathery, and can grow over 6 feet long! They feel kind of like cardboard and look like something out of a rainforest movie set.
  • Despite its size, it's easygoing. Doesn’t need much water, tolerates deep shade, and generally keeps to itself. Just give it room to stretch and maybe say hi once in a while.
  • If you like big, bold plants that know how to take up space without being fussy, Giant Bird's Nest Anthurium delivers!


🛒 Adopt the big guy - Giant Birdnest

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Discover the Giant Bird’s Nest Anthurium

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Date: 20 Jul 2025

A plant wearing a sweater

Tradescantia sillamontana - White Velvet, Cobweb Spiderwort

👚 A plant wearing a sweater

  • 👕 Tradescantia sillamontana - White Velvet, Cobweb Spiderwort - is one of those plants that stops people in their tracks and makes them ask, "What is that fuzzy thing?" Here's why it's so cool:
  • 👕 It looks like it's wearing a sweater! Its silvery-green leaves are covered in a soft, white fuzz that looks like cobwebbing - hence the nickname Cobweb Spiderwort. It's as if the plant dressed itself for a chilly morning
  • 👕 It grows low and spreads nicely, forming a neat, dense mound about 10-12 inches tall and 18 inches wide, making it perfect for edging, containers, or spilling over walls.
  • 👕 In summer and fall, it surprises you with vivid magenta-purple flowers tucked among the fuzzy foliage.
  • 👕 Despite its delicate appearance, this plant is hardy to light freezes (zone 8) and thrives on neglect. Dry spells? No problem. It pairs beautifully with succulents. Sun or shade!
  • 👕 Whether in a rock garden, pot, or tucked into a sunny nook, White Velvet brings texture, contrast, and plenty of personality. This little spiderwort is weird, wonderful, and surprisingly easy to grow.


🛒 Get your own Fuzzy White Velvet Tradescantia

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Date: 18 Jul 2025

Fragrance lovers, this plant changes everything!

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

🌸 Fragrance lovers, this plant changes everything!

  • 🌸 Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense - is one of the newest and most sought-after perfume plants, prized for its incredible fragrance that outshines even jasmine and gardenia. Its red-and-white flowers release an intense, sweet scent you won't forget.
  • 🌸 This compact, plumeria-like tree has beautiful mauve-tinted leaves and grows slowly, making it perfect for containers.
  • 🌸 Easy-care, evergreen in warm climates, and low on water needs - this is a rare gem for fragrance lovers.


🛒 Add rare perfume power to your patio

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Plant Facts

Cerbera sp.
Cerbera Enchanted Incense
USDA Zone: 9-11
Small tree 10-20 ftFull sunRegular waterOrnamental foliageWhite, off-white flowersPink flowersToxic or PoisonousDeciduous plantFragrant plantSubtropical plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short timeSeaside, salt tolerant plant

What flower is sweeter than any Jasmine

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Date: 17 Jul 2025

Curcuma: one plant, two powers - color and spice!

Curcuma - Siam Tulip, Turmeric

🌷 Curcuma: one plant, two powers - color and spice!

  • 🌷 Curcuma, also called Siam Tulip or Turmeric, brings bold tropical blooms and practical benefits to your garden.
  • 🌷 The bright pink, white, yellow, or purple flowers rise above lush foliage and last up to two weeks in a vase.
  • 🌷 It's easy to grow in pots or beds - just keep the soil moist and give it filtered light.
  • 🌷 Best of all, the roots are the source of turmeric, the golden spice used in cooking and natural wellness. Beautiful above, useful below!


🛒 Plant Curcuma for cut flowers and herbal use

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Plant Facts

Curcuma sp.
Turmeric, Siam Tulip
USDA Zone: 9-11
Small plant 2-5 ftSemi-shadeShadeRegular waterKeep soil moistYellow, orange flowersRed, crimson, vinous flowersBlue, lavender, purple flowersPink flowersSpice or herb plantDeciduous plantEthnomedical 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.Subtropical plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time

Curcuma - the tropical tulip with a secret spice twist

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Date: 8 Jul 2025

It blooms in shade: Red Feather for your Shade Garden

Sanchezia stenomacra - Red Feather

❣️ It blooms in shade: Red Feather for your Shade Garden

  • What colorful flowers can you plant in shade?
  • A true gem for tropical plant enthusiasts, Sanchezia stenomacra - Blood Red Feather - is a rare Peruvian beauty that brings unusual look and and color to your tropical garden.
  • Its feathery, deep red flower plumes rise like flames above glossy green foliage, blooming non-stop and attracting hummingbirds with their vivid orange-red tubes.
  • Perfect for humid spots with filtered light, it thrives in greenhouses, shaded patios, or even indoors.
  • Upright and fast-growing, it bounces back beautifully from hard pruning and keeps blooming year-round.
  • A true collector's treasure with bold style and easy care.


🛒 Bring home the Blood Red Feather

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Why is it called Blood Feather

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