Is it real or porcelain? Discover the flower that fools the eye!
Clusia lanceolata - Porcelain Flower
Is it real... or porcelain? Discover the tree that fools the eye!
🔮 Clusia lanceolata - Porcelain Flower has pink blooms so perfect they look fake! This easygoing tree thrives in both sun or shade and even feeds birds with its apple-like fruit. Great undemanding yet unusual flowering plant for container in a shady spot.
What is the best tasting and most beautiful tropical cherry? Grumichama
Grumichama - Eugenia brasiliensis
🍒 What is the best tasting and most beautiful tropical cherry? Grumichama!
🍒 If you are hunting for a fruit tree that does it all - gorgeous looks, unbelievable flavor, and nonstop productivity - meet Grumichama (Eugenia brasiliensis), the tropical cherry you'll fall in love with!
🍒 Grumichamais a compact cherry tree that steals the show. In spring, the tree transforms into a cloud of delicate white starburst flowers, like fireworks frozen in bloom. The blossoms are pure white with long, golden-tipped stamens, giving them a soft, lacy glow. The entire tree hums with life - bees and butterflies swarm to sip the nectar, turning your garden into a pollinator paradise.
🍒 And then comes the fruit! The cherries are dark purple-black, glossy, and almost too juicy to believe. One bite and you're hooked- sweet, smooth, with hints of cherry, grape, and plum. It's our favorite tropical cherry at Top Tropicals, hands down. So good, you'll eat one - then a handful - and then realize you've picked half the tree. They're that good!
🍒 Grumichama tree is a dream come true for beginners. It tolerates heat, partial shade, even salt spray. It's drought-tough, yet grateful for a little water with a crazy fruit yield - up to 500 fruits per tree. And it's perfect container fruit, so even small-space gardeners in colder zones can grow it. Cold hardy to the upper 20s!
🍒 Even when not fruiting, Grumichama is a stunning ornamental. Shiny evergreen leaves, showy blooms, and a neat, upright form make it a standout in your landscape.
🍒 And the fruit? Packed with vitamin C, fiber, and even a bit of plant protein, it's a sweet treat that’s also healthy. Perfect fresh off the tree, or turned into jam or jelly - if you can stop eating them long enough.
🍒 Start your food forest with Grumichama. It's easy. It's beautiful. And it's the most addictive fruit!
Pineapple Guava: fragrant fruit, beautiful blooms, and real health benefits
Pineapple Guava blooming
Pineapple guava fruit
🍓 Pineapple Guava: fragrant fruit, beautiful blooms, and real health benefits
Feijoa sellowiana, also known as Pineapple Guava or Guavasteen, is an evergreen shrub or small tree that brings together beauty, fragrance, and edible rewards.
With its soft pink, edible flowers blooming in late spring and strongly scented fruit ripening in late summer to fall, it offers interest across multiple seasons.
The fruit is especially unique. When fresh fruit blended with a little sugar, many describe the flavor as forest strawberries with hints of mint or pineapple - some even say it reminds them of Juicy Fruit gum. The texture is smooth and slightly gritty, similar to a pear.
Nutritionally, Feijoa fruit is low in calories, high in fiber, and an excellent source of Vitamin C and antioxidants. You don’t need to guess when it's ready - the ripe fruit drops to the ground.
Pineapple Guava is easy to grow and adaptable. It tolerates drought, thrives in full sun or partial shade, and withstands heat as well as cold down to 10F. Whether planted in the ground or grown in a large patio container, it needs minimal care - just occasional watering and light feeding.
It also serves multiple purposes in the landscape: a dense, evergreen hedge for wind protection, a privacy screen, or a standalone ornamental that attracts birds and butterflies. It can be shaped into a small tree or kept compact depending on your space.
A beautiful, edible, and low-maintenance addition to the garden that earns its place year after year.
How to grow Dragon Fruit from a cutting - Quick Guide
Dragon fruit, Pitaya - Hylocereus sp.
🌵 How to grow Dragon Fruit from a cutting - Quick Guide
🐉 Get a healthy cutting
Use a 6-10 inch long stem cutting from a mature dragon fruit plant. Let the cut end dry in the shade for 2-5 days so it forms a callus. This also helps prevent rot and fungus.
Our 7-gal Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia) is the real deal. Carefully trimmed
for strong branching, and ready to burst with tropical growth. Unlike
smaller 3-gal plants, this tree already has a well-developed root system,
woody trunk, and structural shape. It's ready to anchor your landscape or patio
with presence.
While we trim it for safe shipping, this does not set the tree
back — in fact, it encourages new lateral growth and canopy development.
You’ll see fast recovery and faster flowering in the seasons ahead.
This tree is perfect for:
Creating instant tropical curb appeal
Adding shade and structure in a small space
Getting a head start on future blooms — it matures faster than
small plants
Even if you're not in Florida, this 7-gal size brings the bold look of
the Tropics — and yes, we'll ship it to you!