Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 28 Jun 2025

Get the Red Jade look without the fuss: cold-hardy Dwarf Red Jade Vine

Dwarf Red Jade Vine blooming

Dwarf Red Jade Vine blooming

Dwarf Red Jade Vine blooming

Dwarf Red Jade Vine blooming

💃 Get the Red Jade look without the fuss: cold-hardy Dwarf Red Jade Vine

  • 🔥 Love the stunning, fiery blooms of the famous Red Jade Vine (Mucuna benettii) but live outside the tropics?
  • Its cousin - Dwarf Red Jade Vine - is tougher, easier to grow, and just as jaw-dropping, and delivers the same dazzling display of blazing red flower chains - without the high-maintenance, ultra-tropical demands.
  • 🔥 Camptosema grandiflora - Dwarf Red Jade Vine, Cuitelo, or Rooster's Crest - this Brazilian superstar brings cascading chains of bright red blooms that look like flames frozen in mid-air.
  • 🔥 Unlike the ultra-tropical and finicky Mucuna benettii, this cousin is tougher, easier to grow, and just as jaw-dropping. It thrives in full to partial sun, forgives a little drought, and even shrugs off light frost. Blooming in fall and winter, it gives your garden a fiery finale when everything else starts to fade.
  • 🔥 Got a pergola or arbor? Perfect. The hanging flower clusters will light up the space like a botanical chandelier. Just prune it hard in spring and feed it well, and it will thank you with a blooming spectacle year after year.
  • 🔥 If you've been dreaming of the iconic Red Jade Vine but thought it was out of reach - this is your sign.


🛒 Get all the wow of Red Jade Vine - without the worry

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Camptosema grandiflora, Dwarf Red Jade Vine - my favorite plant

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Date: 26 Jun 2025

Its not where you live, its who you live with!

Cats Bob and Cash

⬆️ It's not where you live, it's who you live with!



"Love at can make even the darkest places bearable." - Hedy Lamarr

🐈📸 Bob and Cash hanging out in a cage, out of all places at PeopleCats.Garden!

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Date: 29 Jun 2025

A kitten like a rosebud

Sushi the cat

Sushi the cat

😏 A kitten like a rosebud



"A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden." - Robert Southey

🐈📸 Sushi the cat, a couple weeks after she was born at TopTropicals Bfarm

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Date: 3 Jul 2025

Where do Macadamia nuts come from

Macadamia trees with fruit

🌰 Where do Macadamia nuts come from



🐿 Macadamia trees (Macadamia integrifolia) that were flowering earlier in Spring, are now full of nuts at Top Tropicals garden! We are looking forward to harvesting these sweet, delicious and nutritious treats, competing with squirrels!

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🛒 Grow your own Macadamia Nuts

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Date: 4 Jul 2025

Blooming Lobster Claw Show at TopTropicals

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw

Blooming Lobster Claw Show at TopTropicals

  • 🔻 Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw or Parrot's Beak - is one of the most iconic tropical plants, and for good reason. Its vivid, dangling blooms look like parrot feathers or lobster claws and last for weeks, making them perfect for garden displays or cut flower arrangements.
  • 🔻This bold beauty grows up to 7 feet tall, thriving in tropical climates or large pots in cooler zones. Surprisingly cold-tolerant, it can handle temps in the high 20s and still put on a spectacular show.


🛒 Shop Heliconias and Gingers

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