Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 9 Mar 2025

The Royal Snow White that everyone loves

Petrea glandulosa Alba, White Queen's Wreath.

👑 The Royal Snow White that everyone loves

👻 This snow white sister of Petrea volubilis (Queen's Wreath or Sandpaper vine) that we mentioned earlier is called Petrea glandulosa Alba, or White Queen's Wreath.

👻 It is a rare variety of Petrea. Unlike its purple cousin, it boasts clusters of snow-white, pinwheel-shaped flowers that cascade gracefully, resembling a delicate white wisteria.

👻 These blooms appear from late winter through spring, creating a stunning display that will captivate any onlooker. The tall clusters of flower can be reaching over 1 foot long!

👻 Its lush green, sandpaper-like leaves provide a perfect backdrop, enhancing the contrast with the brilliant white flowers.

👻 Thriving in warm and humid conditions, its blooms last a couple of days, but the blue calices persist much longer, and more new flowers are coming every day.

👻 Attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds 🐝

👻 This vigorous vine has woody stems and requires sturdy support, such as a fence or large trellis, to showcase its full beauty. It grows fast and can cover a large fence within just a couple of seasons.

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Date: 7 Mar 2025

When you need a Bottlebrush right now

Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.)

💥 When you need a Bottlebrush right now



💖 Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.) is in full bloom right now!

💖 It is a striking, low-maintenance tree with fiery red, brush-like blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

💖 Bottlebrush is a carefree dream tree: tolerates both heat and cold (hardy to zone 8), and is drought-resistant once established.

💖 Its vibrant flowers and unique texture make it perfect as a focal point, hedge, or standalone specimen.

💖 With varieties like the compact Little John, ideal for containers at just 4 feet tall, this tree brings year-round beauty and pollinator activity to any landscape.

📚 Learn more: Cleaning bottles with bottlebrush

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Date: 7 Mar 2025

What is the most fragrant Brunfelsia?

💐 What is the most fragrant Brunfelsia?



*️⃣The most fragrant Brunfelsias, often referred to as Lady of the Night, are the creamy-white varieties. These flowers begin to release their sweet, captivating aroma at sunset and continue to fill the air with fragrance throughout the night.

*️⃣Brunfelsias are wonderful shade-loving, compact flowering shrubs, making them perfect for adding beauty to shaded areas or for growing in containers.

*️⃣The most popular white Brunfelsias are: B, americana, B. nitida, B. lactea, B. manaca, B. densifolia, B. gigantea.

📚 Learn more about Brunfelsias:


Brunfelsia americana - Lady of the night
Brunfelsia isola
Lavender Marble Perfume
Brunfelsias
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

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Date: 7 Mar 2025

What is the most fragrant Brunfelsia?

Brunfelsias, often referred to as Lady of the Night

💐 What is the most fragrant Brunfelsia?



*The most fragrant Brunfelsias, often referred to as Lady of the Night, are the creamy-white varieties. These flowers begin to release their sweet, captivating aroma at sunset and continue to fill the air with fragrance throughout the night.

*Brunfelsias are wonderful shade-loving, compact flowering shrubs, making them perfect for adding beauty to shaded areas or for growing in containers.

*The most popular white Brunfelsias are: B, americana, B. nitida, B. lactea, B. manaca, B. densifolia, B. gigantea.

📚 Learn more about Brunfelsias:


Brunfelsia americana - Lady of the night
Brunfelsia isola
Lavender Marble Perfume
Brunfelsias
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

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Date: 5 Mar 2025

What is your favorite blue tropical flower?

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower

👏 What is your favorite blue tropical flower?



💙 In full bloom right now: Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower that we mentioned earlier.

💙 It is the brightest gentian blue flower - very unusual color in the tropics!

💙 Winter heavy bloomer

💙 Attracts butterflies and bees 🐝

💙 Compact shrub, responds well to pruning.

💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!

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