Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 14 Jun 2024

This is not a Photoshop! It is a true color of Plumeria

Rainbow Plumeria

🌈 This is not a Photoshop! It is a true color of Plumeria. Such multi-color varieties are called Rainbow Plumeria.



The season started and we have lots of fragrant and colorful blooms on our Plumerias that we introduced earlier.

Some of the colors are just beyond description!

Plumeria, or Frangipani - is a symbol of Hawaiian Tropics and the most favorite perfume flower.

🛒 Choose from fantastic colors of Plumeria

#Perfume_Plants #Container_Garden #Trees

Date: 2 Oct 2024

Is there such thing as a Rainbow Avocado?

Is there such thing as a Rainbow Avocado?

🌈 Is there such thing as a Rainbow Avocado?



📸 Avocado Brogdon before fully ripe.

  • Get ready to elevate your avocado game with the Brogdon Avocado! This showstopper features stunning red-purple pear-shaped fruit that weighs in at 7 to 15 ounces, boasting a thin skin that reveals rich, yellow, buttery flesh inside.

  • Ripening in late summer to fall, the Brogdon is not just delicious; it’s also impressively cold-hardy, making it a fantastic choice for Central Florida gardeners. Your guacamole will thank you!


🛒 Shop Avocado varieties

#Food_Forest #Avocado

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Date: 22 Jan 2026

Free shipping on Exotic Adenium Desert Roses - limited time!

Adenium hybrids

Adenium hybrids

🆓 Free shipping on Exotic Adenium Desert Roses - limited time!

🛍 One week only, all adenium desert roses ship FREE!
  • 🌸 Perfect time to grab the varieties you have been eyeing or add a few more to your collection.
  • 🌸 Many selections are limited and selling quickly. Orders are filled first come, first served.
  • 🌸 We will pack all your adeniums together and ship them safely in one big box for you (or many boxes if that's what it takes) - with free shipping on us!
  • 🌸 Don’t wait on this one. When they’re gone, they’re gone. While supply lasts.


🛒 Explore collectible Adeniums

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#Container_Garden #Adeniums #Shade_Garden

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Date: 12 Jul 2024

How to protect fruit in your garden from greedy competitors

Mango Orange Essence fruiting

Fruit bags

Fruit bags

Squirrel

Squirrel

🐰🐁🐿 How to protect fruit in your garden from greedy competitors
  • 🥭 Mango season is here, and so are squirrels, bunnies, birds, rats, and raccoons... They also love the delicious fruit but don't like to share. So you may end up getting their leftovers if anything!

Here is how we protect our mango and avocado fruit - so far it works great:
  • 💰💰💰 Fruit Protection Bags


    These mesh netting bags/covers are made of strong nylon and have an easy drawstring, helping to protect developing fruit on a tree from insects, birds, and rodents. With drawstring closures on both ends, you can easily tighten bag around the fruit. Available from Amazon for only 15 cents a piece.


🥭🍒 Enjoy your fruit!

🛒 Dont's have your own mango tree? Plant one now to enjoy fruit tomorrow.

📚 Fun reading: Penelope, the Squirrel Cat

#How_to #Food_Forest

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Date: 30 Jul 2025

Why tipping mango trees makes them fruiting machines (DIY Garden Tip)

🥭 Why tipping mango trees makes them fruiting machines (DIY Garden Tip)



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🌳 Want more mangoes from your backyard tree?
In this step-by-step guide, Ed from Top Tropicals in Fort Myers, Florida, shows how to tip mango trees to boost branching, improve structure, and increase fruit production. Whether you're growing Valencia Pride, Orange Sherbet, or Glen mangoes - this method works!

✔️ You'll learn:


  • When and how to tip branches
  • What tools to use (and how to clean them)
  • Real before-and-after results from trees in our Florida garden
  • Tips for shaping young trees for long-term success


🛒 Get your own mango trees

🌱 More garden tips and tropical fruit care

#Food_Forest #Mango #Mango_Rainbow

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