Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 25 Feb 2025

A flowering hedge everyone wants: how big and fast does Hawaiian Sunset grow?

Stictocardia beraviensis - Hawaiian Sunset Bell

🔔 A flowering hedge everyone wants: how big and fast does Hawaiian Sunset grow?

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Everybody wants it: the breathtaking dramatic Hawaiian Sunset<
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Date: 21 Feb 2025

Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

🔔 Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

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    💕 Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell - Very showy, charming little shrub that will bring a touch of elegance and color to your garden.
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    💕 Impressively statured herbaceous shrub with graceful, arching branches and lovely pink, bell-shaped flowers that bloom from fall to spring, like a natural fountain of beauty.
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    💕 Not only is it eye-catching, but it also has a fascinating history - used to make the famous Assam Indigo dye and even for treating common ailments in traditional medicine.
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    💕 This fast-growing, cold-hardy plant is also great for containers
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    💕 Those delicate bells will attract butterflies. Add some charm and whimsy to your outdoor space!
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Date: 21 Feb 2025

Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell

🔔 Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

  • &💕 Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell - Very showy, charming little shrub that will bring a touch of elegance and color to your garden.
  • &💕 Impressively statured herbaceous shrub with graceful, arching branches and lovely pink, bell-shaped flowers that bloom from fall to spring, like a natural fountain of beauty.
  • &💕 Not only is it eye-catching, but it also has a fascinating history - used to make the famous Assam Indigo dye and even for treating common ailments in traditional medicine.
  • &💕 This fast-growing, cold-hardy plant is also great for containers
  • &💕 Those delicate bells will attract butterflies. Add some charm and whimsy to your outdoor space!
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Date: 20 Feb 2025

Powderpuff and a Bee

Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff

🐝 Powderpuff and a Bee

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Date: 18 Feb 2025

What cactus vine produces gooseberries?

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry

🐰 What cactus vine produces gooseberries? Barbados Gooseberry!

  • &🙂 Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry - unique cactus with edible leaves and edible fruit, fast-growing vine. It is a tropical treasure that combines beauty with edible delights.
  • &🙂 The fruit is yellow with a juicy, subacid pulp, and has a flavor that closely resembles a gooseberry. The fruits can be enjoyed fresh, stewed, or made into jams and jellies.
  • &🙂 The young leaves are also edible, making them a nutritious addition to your meals.
  • &🙂 A fast growing vining cactus, the Barbados Gooseberry prefers good drainage but likes its soil to remain moist during the summer, while being kept drier in the winter.
  • &🙂 Can be grown in container on a trellis.
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What is Barbados Gooseberry?
A vine, a cactus, a tasty fruit, and a pretty flower<
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