Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 4 Apr 2025

Why settle for ordinary when you can have this?

👍 Why settle for ordinary when you can have this?


  • 🌸 Transform your garden with the Chinaberry Tree (Melia azedarach) - a fast-growing, fragrant beauty that doubles in size in just one season!

  • 🌸 Its lilac flowers and sweet vanilla-like scent will fill your garden with elegance, while its hardy nature ensures it thrives even in colder climates.

  • 🌸 Enjoy lush, green foliage and a lovely shade canopy, all with minimal care. Plus, it's low-maintenance, pest-resistant, and has medicinal benefits!

Ready to add this aromatic gem to your landscape? Don't wait bring home the Chinaberry Tree today!

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🛒 Order Chinaberry Tree and breathe in the Vanilla Fragrance

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Date: 20 Mar 2026

Just in time for spring: Nun Orchid blooms for months!

Phaius tankervilleae, Chinese Ground Orchid, Nut Orchid

Phaius tankervilleae, Chinese Ground Orchid, Nut Orchid

Phaius tankervilleae, Chinese Ground Orchid, Nut Orchid

Phaius tankervilleae, Chinese Ground Orchid, Nut Orchid

Phaius tankervilleae, Chinese Ground Orchid, Nut Orchid

Phaius tankervilleae, Chinese Ground Orchid, Nut Orchid

Just in time for spring: Nun Orchid blooms for months! 🌹
  • 🌷 What a wonderful treat after a long cold winter: Nun Orchid (Phaius tankervillea) is putting on a full show right now in the garden - and it’s been going strong since February.
  • 🌷 These plants were already loaded with buds before our Record 25F Florida Freeze, so I moved the two pots into the garage to protect them. Totally worth it - they came through beautifully and didn’t miss a beat.
  • 🌷 Now they’re in full bloom and should keep going well into April. This is one of those rare orchids that just keeps going.
  • 🌷 Unlike most orchids, Nun Orchid grows in regular soil. Big lush leaves, tall flower spikes, and it’s perfectly happy in filtered light - great for patios, containers, or a shady spot in your garden.

What’s blooming in your yard today?

🛒 Plant beautiful Nun Orchid

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Plant Facts

Phaius tankervilleae
Chinese Ground Orchid, Nun Orchid
USDA Zone: 9-11
Groundcover and low-growing 2ft plantSemi-shadeFull sunModerate waterRed, crimson, vinous flowersWhite, off-white flowersPlant attracts butterflies, hummingbirdsFragrant plant

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Date: 13 Apr 2026

This rose is an extra

Cat Jim II stopped to smell the roses at TopTropicals

Cat Jim II stopped to smell the roses at TopTropicals

🌹This rose is an extra

"Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers". - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes saying from The Naval Treaty

🐈📸 Cat Jim II stopped to smell the roses at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden.

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Date: 4 Apr 2026

Rare Night-Blooming Cactus that Glows and Grows Large Edible Fruit

Epiphyllum hookeri - Rare Night-Blooming Cactus with fragrant flowers and large edible fruit

Epiphyllum hookeri - Rare Night-Blooming Cactus with fragrant flowers and large edible fruit

Epiphyllum hookeri - Night-Blooming Cactus with large leaves

Epiphyllum hookeri - Night-Blooming Cactus with large leaves

Epiphyllum hookeri - Night-Blooming Cactus large flowers

Epiphyllum hookeri - Night-Blooming Cactus large flowers

Rare Night-Blooming Cactus that Glows and Grows Large Edible Fruit 🍅

Did you know this nigh blooming beauty has large edible fruit? Why the Epiphyllum hookeri is the ultimate two-for-one plant for tropical garden lovers.
  • 🌠 The Midnight Spectacle



    Most gardeners grow the Epiphyllum hookeri for its "ghostly" white flowers. These massive, fragrant blooms wait until sunset to unfurl, reaching their peak beauty under the moonlight before fading at dawn.
  • 🌠 The Edible Bonus



    What many don’t realize is that this specific seed-grown type is a "fruiting" powerhouse. After the dramatic floral display, the plant sets smooth, elongated fruit. The flavor? Mild, sweet, and surprisingly refreshing -think of it as a garden-grown secret.
  • 🌠 How to Grow It



    Light: Filtered sun or bright shade (no harsh midday sun!).
    Hydration: Regular watering in well-drained soil.
    Display: It’s a natural climber/cascader—put it in a hanging basket and let it shine.


🛒 Claim your fruiting night-bloomer

Collect epiphytic jungle cacti:

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Plant Facts

Epiphyllum hookeri, Epiphyllum strictum, Epiphyllum stenopetalum, Epiphyllum phyllanthus
Climbing Cactus, Hooker's Orchid Cactus
USDA Zone: 9-11
Small plant 2-5 ftSemi-shadeModerate waterWhite, off-white flowers

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Date: 1 Apr 2026

Laugh at Life on April 1st

Cat Bob is laughing

Cat Bob is laughing

😁 Laugh at Life on April 1st



"Any fool can be gloomy; it takes a wise man to laugh at life." - Isaac Babel

🐈📸 Cats Bob is laughing at life at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden.

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