❓ 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

#Hedges_with_benefits

🏵 TopTropicals

💃 Does Red Passion flower produce edible fruit?

♥️ Passiflora coccinea, or Red Passion Flower, is a spectacular, passion-red variety!

♥️ It is tropical, evergreen vine from South America known for its stunning scarlet-red flowers and edible passion fruit. Yes, the fruit are edible, but they are very rarely seen.

♥️ It thrives in full sun or part shade with fertile, well-drained soils and can grow up to 10-12 feet long.

♥️ This easy-to-grow plant is perfect for trellises, walls, and containers. Minimal pruning is needed, and it blooms primarily in summer and fall.

♥️ Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds 🐝

💻 Do you grow Passion vines? Share yours in comments👇

📚 From previous post: The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit.

🛒 Shop Passiflora plants

#Food_Forest #Butterfly_Plants

🔴 Join 👉 TopTropicals

💋 What orchid tree has stunning red and yellow flowers year around? Madagascar Orchid Tree.

We showed you in earlier post one showy red Orchid tree - Bauhinia galpinii; but this one is even more spectacular!

🔴 Bauhinia madagascariensis - Red Butterfly Orchid Tree is a very rare plant in cultivation and one of the most spectacular Bauhinia. Rare, collectible species.

🔴 Flowers and extremely showy, look like scarlet butterflies with bright yellow stripes at the base of each petal.

🔴 It grows into a small tree or tall bush. Fast growing. Attracts butterflies.

🔴 Plant in in full sun to get the most of its flowering season - this one literally blooms year around!

📚 More posts about Bauhinias:
· How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
· Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings...
· What is the best shade tree that is fast growing and beautiful?
· Why red flowers are so attractive? Bauhinia galpinii - Pride of De Kaap

🛒 Order rare Bauhinia madagascariensis

#Trees #Butterfly_Plants

🔴 Join 👉 TopTropicals

⬆️ The number one seller of tropical flowering shrubs: Tropical Rose Hydrangea.

🌸 Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea is one of the showiest landscape plants and a real showstopper

🌸 Known as the tropical hydrangea due to similar flowers. Flowers are pink to rose in color.

🌸 Blooms from fall to spring. Blooms all winter, providing much-desired color

🌸 Grows up to 7 feet tall and about the same in width. Can be pruned to about 5 feet tall. Does well in a container.

🌸 Thrives in full sun to partial shade, tolerates poor soil. Fuller shrub and more flowers with more sun.
Fairly drought-tolerant once established.

🌸 Serves as a nectar plant for many butterflies

🛒 Shop Dombeyas

#Hedges_with_benefits #Butterfly_Plants

🏵 TopTropicals

How to grow Noni tree for fruit?

💊 The medicinal Noni tree (see our earlier post) is one of the most suitable fruit trees for potting culture. A 1-3 gallon size plant will flower and fruit for you within a year.

Noni's special features:

✅ flowers and fruits at young age, nearly year around.

✅ tolerates shade and grows large ornamental leaves in filtered light.

✅ suitable for indoor culture
- easy in cultivation, drought and water tolerant, not susceptible to insects.

✅ medicinal properties are endless and cannot be under-appreciated.

✅ This plant can be grown in any climate indoors, and will produce fruit for you under minimal care. Just provide warm frost-free conditions, as this tropical tree is very cold sensitive.

📚 Learn more: Morinda citrifolia - Noni. Life Sustaining Plant

🛒 Order Noni Tree

#Food_Forest #Remedies #How_to

🏵 TopTropicals