🍬 Don't eat this candy… it's too pretty to unwrap!
🍬 Adenium Candy is pure sugar for the eyes! Its cheerful yellow petals are dipped in cherry red like a summer lollipop, with layer upon layer of sweet swirls that look almost good enough to taste.
🍬 But don't be fooled - this sugary beauty is all flower, no calories! Like most members of Apocinaceae plant family, Adenium sap can be irritating and poisonous iа digested.
🍬 With its bold colors and ruffled texture, Candy is a joyful little show-off and a must-have for your garden candy shop. See photos of actual Candy Adenium in next post 👇
🏆 Adenium Thong Samsee has flowers at different stages on the same plant - from pink to yellow and white, creating the impression of a whole garden in bloom!
🏆 The name Thong Samsee comes from the Thai language and consists of three words:
Thong (ทอง) = "gold" Sam (สาม) = "three" See (สี) = "color"
Thus, Thong Samsee can be translated as "three golden colors" or "golden triple coloration", or simply "three-color".
🏆 This name refers to the variety's unique trait: its flowers go through three color stages - from soft yellow to pink and nearly white - creating the impression of multiple shades on one plant.
🏆 In Thai culture, the word (ทอง) - "gold" - symbolizes wealth and prosperity, while the number three can be associated with harmony and completeness. Therefore, the name of the variety may carry a wish for beauty and good fortune. See photos of actual Adenium Thong Samsee in next post 👇
From seed to fruit. How to grow Loquat from seeds, step-by-step guide. Part 1: planting seeds
Loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) - seedlings
✍️ From seed to fruit. How to grow Loquat from seeds, step-by-step guide. Part 1: planting seeds
🍑 1. Harvesting and Preparing Seeds
Harvest: Select ripe Loquat fruits (when they are bright yellow color) and remove 1-3 seeds from each. Clean: Rinse seeds thoroughly in cool water to remove all fruit residue. Like with every fruit seeds, any pulp leftover may prevent germination and/or cause rot of the seeds. Storage: If not planting immediately, wrap seeds in a damp paper towel and store in a vented container with moist sawdust or moss (to avoid drying out) at room temperature (if stored a few days) or at 40F if stored for over a week. Seeds can remain viable for up to 3-6 months. Refrigerating the fruit doesn't harm the seeds, although may take seeds longer to germinate. If the seeds are slightly dry, soak them in water overnight.
🍑 2. Planting Seeds
Container: Use a pot with a good drainage. Soil: Fill with well-draining, soilless potting mix (no compost or top soil). Perfect seed germination mix is Abundance Mix: peat moss (or coconut fiber) - 80%, perlite - 10%, small pieces of pine bark - 10%. Depth: Plant seeds 1"deep. Place them horizontally. Spacing: Multiple seeds can be planted in one pot or tray (with drainage holes); space them adequately. You can use so called “community pots”, then separate the seedlings once they reach 2-4" in height.
🍑 3. Germination Conditions
Light: Place the pot in a bright, warm area with temperatures at least (and above) 70F . The warmer, the faster the germination. We germinate seeds in a "hot house" where temperatures can reach 100F. Moisture: Keep the soil consistently moist but not wet. Germination Time: Loquat seeds germinate within 2-4 weeks.
🍓 A Lychee tree grown from an air-layered plant (Litchi chinensis) can start flowering and setting fruit right away, with good crops to be expected within 3 to 5 years, but don’t expect fruit every season. Lychees are often alternate bearers, meaning they may produce a heavy crop one year and little to none the next. Factors like variety, weather, and the tree's health affect this cycle.
🍓 Lychees cannot be reliably grown from seed or grafted, as seedlings lack the necessary mycorrhizal environment found under mature trees. For best results, always start with a quality air-layered tree from a trusted source.
💮 We are revealing a secret, because this plant... was a creator of Top Tropicals: fragrant Jasminum Sambac.
💮 Here is the reason why every gardener wants to have this plant: the fragrance is so wonderful, it will attract you like a bee to a honey and make you feel GOOD!
💮 This video contains a unique information - a guide to different varieties of this fascinating plant - fragrant Jasmine Sambac:
