Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 24 Dec 2024

What is the most popular Christmas plant?

Christmas Orchid Cactus - Schlumbergera

😂 What is the most popular Christmas plant?

  • Every one knows Christmas Orchid Cactus - Schlumbergera. But this rare variety is exceptional - it is called New Deal.
  • This remarkable Christmas cactus hybrid has spectacular, large-flowers and blooms twice a season.
  • New Deal is completely lost to the trade today, but we have it at Top Tropicals for the first time after it was originally offered for purchase at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden over 90 years ago while having a special rare plant sale on the day of the famous presidential election on November 8, 1932 when F.D.R. was historically voted in as the next American president.
  • The plants we are offering are all 3rd generation vegetative propagation from an original specimen (still alive btw). Its name New Deal - is identical to President Franklin D. Roosevel main campaign slogan us
  • Not only is New Deal an exceptionally obscure, heirloom cultivar especially easy to grow under average house plant conditions,
  • It reliably produces almost an overabundance of brilliant violet-pink and white flowers which are easily an inch larger than any other variety.


💕 Do you have Christmas cactus at home? What colors? Share your pictures!

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"New Deal" - a remarkable Christmas cactus

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Date: 24 Dec 2024

How Cardinals Guard runs red carpet for Christmas

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea)

🚩 How Cardinals Guard runs red carpet for Christmas⛔️👍
  • 💖 If your garden needs a pop of color, Cardinals Guard (Pachystachys coccinea) is ready to take the spotlight! With its bold, scarlet-red blooms perched atop green cones, this evergreen perennial looks like it's wearing a crown.
  • 💖 Striking Christmas-red flowers emerge from a green cone. Blooms most of the year.
  • 💖 Adds vibrant color and a festive, tropical feel to any space.
  • 💖 Upright, multi-stemmed growth with lush foliage.
  • 💖 Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators.
  • 💖 Care: Morning sun and afternoon shade (semi-shade preferred). Trim stems to prevent legginess and encourage fresh growth. Perfect for Southern gardens and large containers.


🛒 Plant Cardinals Guard

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Date: 30 Dec 2024

Last Day of the Year Tropical Fruit Tree Sale

Last Day of the Year Tropical Fruit Tree Sale

🛍 Last Day of the Year Tropical Fruit Tree Sale



🎉 Celebrate the season with a sweet deal! For the last few days of the year, we're offering an instant 10% discount on all fruit trees. It's the perfect time to add something special to your garden or gift a tree that will grow into a lasting memory. No minimum order required - just enjoy the holiday savings and bring home your favorite fruit tree today!

❗️ Instant 10% discount!



No min order. Exp. 1-1-25

🛒 Shop fruit trees with instrant discount

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Date: 31 Dec 2024

What plant can symbolize a Year of the Snake

Clinacanthus nutans - Snake plant

Clinacanthus nutans - Snake plant

🐍 What plant can symbolize a Year of the Snake



🎉 Clinacanthus nutans - Snake plant!

🍾 Celebrate New Year of the Snake with this exotic Thai plant that marries beauty and folklore!

👄 Its striking blooms resemble the open mouths of snakes, adding a mysterious allure to your garden.

Traditionally used in Thailand for snake bite relief, this captivating specimen not only enhances your space but also sparks conversation among guests.

🛒 Order Snake Plant

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Date: 2 Jan 2025

Need a low growing show stopper that blooms like a winter fire?

Gloxinia sylvatica - Bolivian Sunset

🔥 Need a low growing show stopper that blooms like a winter fire?

  • 🔥 Spectacular show! Gloxinia sylvatica - Bolivian Sunset - is a very low-growing, an eye-catching, easy-care plant that delights with vibrant fire-red blooms.
  • 🔥 This fall-to-early-winter bloomer spreads quickly from rhizomes, forming a thick ground cover.
  • 🔥 Though it may die back in spring, it bounces right back once the rainy season arrives. As a bonus, you can share its beauty by gifting flowering starts from your own garden during the holidays!
  • 🔥 Whether you keep it as a houseplant or grow it outdoors in dappled shade with plenty of water, its dense leaves and flowers create a spectacular show.


🛒 Plant spectacular Bolivian Sunset

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