Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 30 May 2024

Attention grabber: swollen trunk, giant leaves, and flowers just like corals! A must for bonsai collection

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant flowers

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant flowers

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant leaves

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant leaves

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant caudex

Jatropha podagrica - Gout Plant caudex

Attention grabber: swollen trunk, giant leaves, and flowers just like corals! A must for bonsai collection.
  • ♥️ Jatropha podagrica: commonly known as the Gout Plant, this plant is a true attention grabber and a must-have in any container garden, as well as in succulent or bonsai plant collection.
  • ♥️ Features a distinctive bottle-like caudex and surprisingly large tropical leaves up to 10-12 inches in diameter. Just like you saw in Adeniums.
  • ♥️ Thrives in the shade, where its leaves grow even larger.
  • ♥️ Perfect for natural bonsai and makes an excellent potted plant or conversation piece in a small garden.
  • ♥️ Grows only 2-3 feet high, with a knobby, swollen stem and eye-catching, coral-like red flowers in large terminal clusters.
  • ♥️ Prefers partial sun and well-drained soil, and is very drought-tolerant.
  • ♥️ Easy to care for, adding exotic flair and intrigue to any plant collection.


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Date: 24 May 2024

Three top tropical trees - from the legends of Caribbean

Yellow Poinciana, Jacaranda, and Royal Poinciana paintings

Yellow Poinciana, Jacaranda, and Royal Poinciana paintings

Yellow Poinciana

Yellow Poinciana

Jacaranda

Jacaranda

Royal Poinciana

Royal Poinciana

💛💜♥️ Three top tropical trees - from the legends of Caribbean. Yellow Poinciana, Jacaranda, and Royal Poinciana: three happy colors of the Tropics.



While traveling through the vibrant and diverse Caribbean, we acquired three exquisite local paintings rendered on jacaranda wood plates and a calabash. These pieces of art celebrate the three most spectacular and revered flowering trees of the Tropics:
  1. Yellow Poinciana, with its bright golden blossoms, associated with joy and sunlight, symbolizing the warmth of the Caribbean spirit💛
  2. Jacaranda, known for its striking lavender-blue flowers, is a symbol of wisdom and rebirth, blooming in a breathtaking display that signals the change of seasons 💜
  3. Royal Poinciana, that we mentioned earlier, with its fiery red and orange flowers, is a symbol of passion and energy, referred to as the "Flamboyant" tree due to its bold and dramatic appearance ♥️


Get them now while we have them. No need to go too far into Caribbean!

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Date: 23 May 2024

ow you have seen everything: multi-grafted Adenium with different colors of flowers on the same plant!

🌸 Now you have seen everything: multi-grafted Adenium with different colors of flowers on the same plant!

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Date: 23 May 2024

Now you have seen everything: multi-grafted Adenium with different colors of flowers on the same plant!

Adenium

🌸 Now you have seen everything: multi-grafted Adenium with different colors of flowers on the same plant!

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Date: 22 May 2024

Why did she say its a dog poo? Its a beauty from Argentina!

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💩 💃 Why did she say it's a dog poo? It's a beauty from Argentina!


  • 🌸 This remarkable caudiciform Morning Glory - Ipomoea platensis - is native to arid regions of Argentina.

  • 🌸 This is a showy flowering vine growing from a large caudex! The caudex can be of some weird shapes and forms. Some old lady once said "it's a dog poo plant!"

  • 🌸 Similar to Desert roses (Adeniums), it grows caudex for water storage to survive extended drought periods.

  • 🌸 Caudex grows over 2 ft! Vines reach over 6 ft, easily trimmed to shape, covered with beautiful bell-shaped pink flowers.

  • 🌸 Can be kept as a bonsai in a pot, easy to control as a container specimen with trellis or pruning.

  • 🌸 Although it doesn't mind dry conditions, the plant benefits from regular watering and good drainage, then it grows fast.

  • 🌸 This is one of our favorite plants, easy to grow, makes a great conversation piece. It is a perfect for bonsai


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