💐 What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?

🚩 Aphelandra is hands down one of the best solutions for a shade garden where you want to see more colors. It is a great addition to a collectible tropical butterfly garden, can grow into 4-5"tall bushy specimen. Tolerates both sun and shade.

🚩Aphelandras have beautiful lush foliage and showy, long terminal inflorescences throughout the warm season.

🚩These flowers are loved by hummingbirds.

🚩Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra. Yellow flowers emerge out of long orange stalks in the fall time. Pretty and unusual!

🚩Aphelandra squarrosa Dania (Snow White) - White Zebra Plant. It is also one of the best house plants, not only pretty because of its white-veined"Zebra"foliage, but also for the apical inflorescence with its beautiful yellow bracts.

🚩Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen, has extremely tropical look and fragrant flowers of unusual color combination: orange and pink.

🚩Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle - a rare hybrid with bright red flowers

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Panama Queen
How to grow Zebra in container?

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❗️ What vine to plant over a big fence.

🔹 Chonemorpha fragrans, or Frangipani vine, that we mentioned before, is a large woody tropical liana with clusters of large, perfume-fragrant flowers and lush green foliage. It is close related to perfumed Plumeria - Frangipani.

🔹 The fragrance is very fresh and pleasant, similar to Plumeria, fills the air around.

🔹 Leaves reaching up to 12 (!) inches - very tropical, majestic look!

🔹 Requires sturdy support - it can grow pretty big and heavy!

🔹 Takes both sun or shade. Full sun and regular fertilizer is essential for profuse blooming.

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🍏 Why everyone wants the Sugar Apple?

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple - is considered by many as the most delicious tropical fruit. We introduced the Annona trees earlier.

✳️ Very small, compact tree, perfect for container or small yard, see photos from our Tropical Fruit Tree contest Winner.

✳️ Starts fruiting within 3 year from seed!

✳️ Easy to grow and undemanding

✳️ The fruit is sheer deliciousness, pulp resembling custard.

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💅 How to grow Lobster Claw

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak is one of the most recognized and widely grown tropical plants, and one of the most beautiful!

The inflorescence is one of the most colorful you will ever encounter.

The flowers last a long time and make an excellent cut flower.

It is an easy grower in tropical areas but some room is required because the stalks can reach 7 feet in height.

Pretty cold hardy, it can withstand temperatures in the high 20s F.

Can be grown in large pots in colder areas.

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💛 How to get an easy and showy butterfly attracting bush

🐝 Tecoma stans - Yellow Elder is a great everblooming bush or a small tree for your butterfly garden.

🐝 Golden Blooms: Bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers that light up your garden with vibrant color.

🐝 Pollinator's Delight: Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, adding lively visitors to your garden.

🐝 Drought-Tolerant: Tough and resilient, perfect for sunny spots and low-water gardens.

🐝 Long Blooming: Flowers almost all year round, providing continuous bursts of sunshine.

🐝 Compact Size: Ideal for small spaces or containers, fitting nicely into any garden layout.

🐝 Easy Care: Low-maintenance and hardy to light freeze, great for gardeners of all experience levels.

🐝 Lush Greenery: Rich green foliage that stays beautiful all year, even when not in bloom.

🐝 Tropical Charm: Adds a bright, tropical feel, making every day feel like a sunny getaway.

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