❓ 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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❓ 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

🛒 Order Pride of De Kaap

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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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☕️ 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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⚡️ 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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