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Date: 18 Dec 2025

Look what cat found in the box!

Cat Pelmen

🕯 Look what cat found in the box! (I wanna know too)



"What's in the box?!" - Brad Pitt, in the film Se7en (1995)

🐈📸 Cat Pelmen is satisfying his curiosity - a friend of TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden.

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Date: 18 Dec 2025

How to have fruit year around from Everbearing Mulberry

🍇 How to have fruit year around from Everbearing Mulberry



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💗 Dwarf Everbearing and Dwarf Issai - Compact, container-friendly varieties perfect for small spaces. These dwarf trees (6-10 ft tall) are disease and drought resistant, with multiple crops year-round, even from the first year! Ideal for patios and small yards..

🛒 Plant hardy Mulberry year around

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Plant Facts

Broussonetia papyrifera, Morus papyrifera
Paper Mulberry
USDA Zone: 9-11
Large shrub 5-10 ft tallSemi-shadeModerate waterRed, crimson, vinous flowersOrnamental foliageSubtropical plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time
  • · Mulberry trees in Plant Encyclopedia
  • · What are the best Mulberry varieties
  • · Top 10 fast-fruiting trees: #7. Mulberry
  • · How Mulberry fruit helps with diabetes

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    Date: 17 Dec 2025

    What is so unique about Wurtz avocado?

    Wurtz Avocado, Little Cado or Mexicola Dwarf, is special because it's a true dwarf tree.

    Wurtz Avocado, Little Cado or Mexicola Dwarf, is special because it's a true dwarf tree.

    🌳 What is so unique about Wurtz avocado?



    Avocados come from three main regions, and each group has its own special look, taste, and growing habits. The three types are Mexican, Guatemalan, and West Indian. Many of today’s popular varieties are hybrids, mixing traits from these types as we mentioned in earlier post.
    • Wurtz Avocado, also known as Little Cado or Mexicola Dwarf, is special because it’s a true dwarf tree. That means it stays small, making it perfect for small gardens, patios, or containers. You can even grow it indoors in a sunny spot!
    • Wurtz is actually a Guatemalan-type avocado, not exactly a Florida or California type. It has a slightly different growth habit and pollination pattern than those two groups.
    • The fruit is small to medium in size, with smooth green skin and a rich, buttery flavor. Its flesh is creamy and full of healthy oils, much like the California (Hass-type) avocados.
    • In short: Wurtz is a compact, easy-to-grow avocado tree that produces delicious, buttery fruit. It’s perfect for gardeners who want a real avocado tree without needing a big yard.


    ✔️ Check out
    Avocado Variety Guide interactive chart. Sort them by flower type A or B, tree habit, fruit shape and quality, cold hardiness, origin, season and more!

    🛒  Plant Avocado Wurtz
    Explore Avocado varieties and Dwarf Avocado

    📖 Our Book: Avocado Variety Guide, Snack or Guacamole?

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    Plant Facts

    Persea americana, Persea gratissima
    Avocado, Alligator Pear, Aguacate, Abacate
    USDA Zone: 9-11
    Large tree taller than 20 ftSmall tree 10-20 ftFull sunRegular waterEdible plantSubtropical plant. Mature plant cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time
  • · Avocado Variety Guide
  • · Posts about #Avocado
  • · Avocado tree (Persea americana) in Plant Encyclopedia

    🎥 What is a Dwarf Condo Avocado that fruits at 3 ft tall? 📱

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  • Date: 17 Dec 2025

    What is a Dwarf Condo Avocado and does it really fruit at 3 ft tall?

    What is a Dwarf Condo Avocado and does it really fruit at 3 ft tall?



    🛒 Explore Avocado varieties and Dwarf Avocado

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    Date: 16 Dec 2025

    Nobel Prize goes to this pregnant male!

    Male papaya with fruit

    🏆 Nobel Prize goes to this pregnant male!

    • 👀 Some Papaya trees really break the rules, and this one deserves its own headline. We have a true oddball in the garden - a male papaya tree that actually set a lot of fruit! Not just one fruit, but a whole cluster hanging from those long flower stalks.
    • 👀 We all know that male papayas only make flowers but never set fruit. They only give us sweet fragrance from these flowers! By the way, thanks for the flowers, guys!
    • 👀 The fruit comes from the female flowers that sit tight on the trunk. But every now and then, nature throws a curveball. It looks like a male tree forms perfect female flowers on its long stems and decides to become a parent after all!
    • 👀 The result? Ripe, sweet papayas growing where they absolutely should not be. And yes, they even had seeds inside.
    • 👀 Gardeners wait years for good surprises like this. A male papaya giving birth… that’s rare enough to give a Nobel prize!


    🛒 Explore the unpredictable world of Papayas

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    Plant Facts

    Carica papaya
    Papaya
    USDA Zone: 9-11
    Small tree 10-20 ftFull sunDry conditionsModerate waterYellow, orange flowersWhite, off-white flowersEdible 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
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