Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 6 Jul 2024

Why red flowers are so attractive?

Why red flowers are so attractive? ❤️

💋 If red is your favorite color for flowers, this is your plant!👇

  • ❤️ Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia - belongs to Orchid trees that we mentioned earlier. But this one has very unusual color of flowers for Bauhinias: bright red or scarlet!

  • ❤️ Native to South Africa, this is a woody, vining shrub that also can be trained into a small tree, reaching 6-10 ft in height.

  • ❤️ As a all orchid trees it has deep green, bilobed leaves are resembling butterfly wings.

  • ❤️ Blooms almost year around, from Summer through late Fall, with vibrant orange-red, resembling those of nasturtiums, coming in clusters. Well-known for its stunning floral display.

  • ❤️ Hardy, low-maintenance, drought-tolerant once established. Prefers full sun but can tolerate partial shade.

  • ❤️ Attracts butterflies and bees


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Date: 6 Jul 2024

Why red flowers are so attractive?

Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap, Nasturtium Bauhinia

Why red flowers are so attractive? ❤️

💋 If red is your favorite color for flowers, this is your plant!👇
  • ❤️ Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia - belongs to Orchid trees that we mentioned earlier. But this one has very unusual color of flowers for Bauhinias: bright red or scarlet!
  • ❤️ Native to South Africa, this is a woody, vining shrub that also can be trained into a small tree, reaching 6-10 ft in height.
  • ❤️ As a all orchid trees it has deep green, bilobed leaves are resembling butterfly wings.
  • ❤️ Blooms almost year around, from Summer through late Fall, with vibrant orange-red, resembling those of nasturtiums, coming in clusters. Well-known for its stunning floral display.
  • ❤️ Hardy, low-maintenance, drought-tolerant once established. Prefers full sun but can tolerate partial shade.
  • ❤️ Attracts butterflies and bees


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Date: 3 Jul 2024

What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?

Tabernaemontana divaricata - Pinwheel Jasmine, Crape Jasmine

What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?

  • 💮 Tabernaemontana divaricata, also known as Pinwheel Jasmine or Crape Jasmine, is a true garden gem, blooming year-round to bring constant beauty to your outdoor space.
  • 💮 This cute bush can be also shaped into a small tree.
  • 💮 It looks beautiful beneath palms or trees.
  • 💮 Blooms year-round with pretty, white, pinwheel-shaped flowers.
  • 💮 Needs bright light for profuse blooming, but can tolerate shade conditions.
  • 💮 Makes your garden look stunning all year around.


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Date: 1 Jul 2024

What is Nescafe Coffee made from?

Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine

☕️ What is Nescafe Coffee made from? Purple Jade.

💜 Earlier we mentioned Green Jade Vine and Yellow Jade Vine. This one is purple!
  • Mucuna pruriens - Nescafe, Purple Jade Vine has unusual royal purple flowers. The dark violet blooms appear closely pushed together in grape like clusters, up to 1 ft long and 6"in diameter.
  • The seeds known as mucuna beans or Nescafe and used as a coffee substitute.
  • It has been used for generations in India as a medicinal plant.
  • Very vigorous woody tree creeper - during warmer weather this vine can grow 2 feet a day!
  • Related to red Jade vine (Mucuna bennettii).


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Date: 23 Jun 2024

Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade! Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade! Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

⚡️ Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!


  • 💜 Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta - is a perfect flowering bush or hedge for the shady garden.

  • 💜 Ever-blooming: Perfect for a continuously blooming hedge.

  • 💜 Dense shrub: Bushy, fast-growing, and ideal for mixed beds or medium-to-low hedges.

  • 💜 Beautiful flowers: flowers resemble morning glories, with common varieties having rich purple petals and yellow throats.

  • 💜 Attractive foliage: Small, dark green leaves.

  • 💜 Climber relatives: Unlike many Thunbergia species, this one is a sprawling shrub.

  • 💜 Pruning responsive: Can be shaped into a dense hedge, pruning promotes flowering.

  • 💜 Sun or shade: Prefers bright light and well-drained soil, but will also bloom in partial shade.

  • 💜 Colors: comes in dark blue, white, and the unique, vigorous variegated variety - 'Lavender Ice'.


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