Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 22 Apr 2025

The Most Fragrant Medicinal Herb Youll Ever Grow!

Lippia alba - Poleo, Pitiona

❤️‍ The Most Fragrant Medicinal Herb You'll Ever Grow!



🌱 Just brushing past it releases a wave of spicy, citrusy fragrance - Lippia alba, also known as Poleo or Pitiona, is an herb garden must-have. Fast-growing, drought-tough, flood-friendly, and practically indestructible - it thrives where other plants fail!

🌱 HELTH BENEFITS OF POLEO - LIPPIA ALBA



🌿 Crush a leaf - instantly uplifting aroma! Close relative of popular Lantana but with much better scent.
🌿 Grows into a lush, dense groundcover with dainty pink blooms
🌿 Used in traditional Oaxacan cooking - especially mole sauces
🌿 Leaves and roots make teas and syrups for cough, anxiety, digestion, and more
🌿 Known for sedative, antidepressant, and analgesic effects
🌿 Each plant has a unique essential oil profile!

🌱 Whether you’re into healing herbs, culinary magic, or just want the best-smelling plant in your garden - this is it.

🛒 Bring Home Nature’s Most Fragrant Medicine!

📚 Learn more:


What is the most aromatic medicinal herb

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Date: 6 May 2025

How to grow your own avocado tree?

How to grow your own avocado tree?
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💚 Growing your own avocado tree has many benefits. You can enjoy fresh, delicious avocados right from your garden.

💚 Avocado trees are attractive, provide shade, and enhance your landscape.

💚 There are many avocado varieties to choose from, offering unique flavors, sizes, and ripening times.

💚 Visit our garden center in Ft. Myers or BFarm in Sebring, FL, and let our fruit tree expert Kristi help you choose the perfect Avocado trees for your garden!

📱 Watch ABC7 Fort Myers News: Avocado Varieties with Kristi at Top Tropicals👇



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Date: 4 Mar 2025

How many varieties of Bananas can I grow?

Bananas (Musa sp.) in containers

🍌 How many varieties of Bananas can I grow?



💛 At Top Tropicals, we have a few dozen varieties of Bananas (Musa sp.) - ranging from popular commercial and plantain types to spectacular ornamental bananas with colorful, tropical foliage.

💛 Banana plants are a favorite in Southern gardens, indoor plant collections, and greenhouses in cooler climates. Fast and easy to grow, they transform any space into a tropical paradise in just one season and can produce fruit for you in as little as 8–18 months after planting.

💛 Bananas are a powerhouse of nutrition, packed with potassium for heart health, fiber for digestion, and vitamins B6 and C for immunity. They’re a natural energy booster, great for snacks, smoothies, and even baking. Plus, their tryptophan content can improve your mood, and their low sodium helps regulate blood pressure.

💛 With so many delicious and unique varieties, growing different types of bananas lets you enjoy a range of flavors, textures, and uses - whether fresh, blended, or cooked - making them a must-have in any tropical or indoor garden!

Discover the most popular edible and ornamental bananas in our next post 🔽

🎥 Banana selection today at TopTropicals farm. Come over to pick the best one!

📚 More about Banana from previous posts:


💋Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits: #5 Banana growing and fun facts
💋How to make tasty Carambola Banana Whip
💋Why Bananas? They are good for you and are fun to grow
💋Bananas help you feel fuller and enhance your mood

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Date: 25 Sep 2024

How to Make Fresh Noni Juice

Moringa citrifolia - Noni

Moringa citrifolia - Noni

Moringa citrifolia - Noni fruit

Moringa citrifolia - Noni fruit

Moringa citrifolia - Noni fruit

Moringa citrifolia - Noni fruit

Noni Juice

Noni Juice

🍾 How to Make Fresh Noni Juice. Step-by-Step Guide.

Prepare the Noni: Wash the noni fruits thoroughly.
Cut the Noni: Slice the fruits into small pieces for easier blending.
Blend: Place the pieces in a blender or food processor. Blend until a smooth pulp forms.
Strain (Optional): For smoother juice, strain the pulp through a cheesecloth or fine mesh to separate solids.
Add flavor: you can add some Blueberry or Apple juice for improved flavor.
Store: Pour the juice into clean, airtight glass jars or containers. Refrigerate for freshness.

💊 Benefits of Fresh Noni Juice:



Supports joint health.
Boosts physical endurance.
Enhances immune activity and metabolism.
Helps with weight management.
Maintains bone health, especially in women.
May support normal blood pressure.
Promotes gum health and reduces protein glycation.

📚 Learn more from previous posts:


· How to grow Noni tree for fruit
· Why Noni is a superfood?
· Morinda citrifolia - Noni: Life Sustaining Plant

🛒 Plant your own Noni Tree

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Date: 1 May 2024

How to get a big flowering bush quickly?

Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff

Calliandra tweedii With Love - Red Tassel Flower

Calliandra tweedii With Love - Red Tassel Flower

Calliandra selloi (brevipes) Pink Lilian

Calliandra selloi (brevipes) Pink Lilian

Calliandra surinamensis - Powderpuff

Calliandra surinamensis - Powderpuff

🏡 How to get a big flowering bush quickly? Calliandra - Powderpuff - is your answer for blocking the unwanted view!

💗 With so many varieties to choose from, Calliandras are the winners when you need to create a screen quickly. Just in one season you can have a nice dense shrub with benefits - the Powderpuff flowers are so pretty! Everbloomer.

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