Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 11 May 2016

Top Tropicals Video Presents: Doctor Noni

Top Tropicals Video Channel. We are happy to introduce to our customers our new project - Top Tropicals Video. Gardeners have been enjoying our Tropical Treasures Magazine with its unique stories on fascinating plants, their history, plant clinic and Do-It-Yourself projects. Now you can have more fun to visit actual tropical paradise by watching our short movies in your convenience - from your computer, or simply on your smart phone. In our future video tours, we will be showing both popular and rare exciting plants and how to grow them. We will be sharing little secrets of how to make these plants happy, so they will make your own life brighter and happier. Stay updated with TopTropicals Videos by subscribing to our YouTube channel at YouTube/TopTropicals and get our latest video news of what's fruiting and blooming! Our today's video story -

Doctor Noni - life sustaining plant. Many people have heard about the mysterious and miraculous Noni fruit, yet few know exactly what it is. This odd-looking fruit grows on a beautiful tropical tree from Polynesia - Morinda citrifolia, that actually belongs to a Coffee family! The Noni fruit, also called Cheese Fruit for its special odor, has unique health benefits. It is said that this plant food is to be used when we are feeling really ill or really old... Do you want to know how to have your own FREE fresh Noni juice year round? Check out this Movie: Doctor Noni - life sustaining plant...

Date: 21 Mar 2026

How to start your dream collection: Adenium rainbow

Adenium Amaryllis

Adenium Amaryllis

Adenium Win

Adenium Win

Adenium Butterfly Yellow

Adenium Butterfly Yellow

Adenium Black Butterfly

Adenium Black Butterfly

Adenium Good Morning

Adenium Good Morning

Adenium Good Night

Adenium Good Night

How to start your dream collection: Adenium rainbow 🌈
  • 👉 Thinking about adeniums? Read this before you buy one!
How to start an adenium collection without wasting money

If you’ve ever seen a tray of different blooming adeniums, you probably had the same thought: "I want them all." And honestly - we get it.

But with hundreds of varieties out there (and only so much space on your patio), the real trick isn’t collecting everything… it’s choosing the right ones and growing them well so they actually bloom like the photos.

Let’s make it simple.

💡 Before you start your adenium collection



A few basics that make all the difference:
  • 🔸 Light. Bright light is key. The more light, the better the blooms.
  • 🔸 Water. Water deeply, then let soil dry out. Adeniums hate sitting wet.
  • 🔸 Fertilizer. Adeniums prefer liquid food. Light, regular feeding with Sunshine Megaflor Bloom Booster during active growth = stronger growth, bigger caudex, and better flowering.
  • 🔸 Trimming. Prune after flowering to shape and encourage branching. More branches = more flowers.
  • 🔸 Soil. Fast-draining mix is a must. No heavy, soggy soil. Use Adenium Soilless Mix.

👉 How to grow a happy Adenium

🌸 Today's featured adeniums



A few standout varieties to start (or expand) your collection:
  •  ✦ Amaryllis: Large, bold blooms with a classic floral shape - one of those that always catches attention.
  •  ✦ Win: Clean, bright blooms with a balanced form - simple and very satisfying.
  •  ✦ Butterfly Yellow: Soft yellow tones with a delicate, airy look - light and cheerful.
  •  ✦ Black Butterfly: Dark, velvety tones with a winged pattern feel - rich and dramatic.
  •  ✦ Good Morning: Bright, fresh tones that feel clean and uplifting - a nice contrast in any group.
  •  ✦ Good Night: Dark, moody tones - a completely different vibe from typical bright adeniums.

If you’re just starting, pick a few different styles - light, dark, bold, soft. That contrast is what makes a collection feel alive.

And fair warning… It rarely stops at six! 😀

🛒 Explore Exotic Thai Adeniums

📚 Learn more:

Plant Facts

Adenium sp.
Adenium, Desert Rose, Impala Lily
USDA Zone: 9-11
Plant with caudexLarge shrub 5-10 ft tallSmall tree 10-20 ftFull sunDry conditionsModerate waterYellow, orange flowersRed, crimson, vinous flowersUnusual colorBlue, lavender, purple flowersWhite, off-white flowersPink flowersToxic or Poisonous
#Container_Garden #Adeniums #How_to #Discover

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Date: 13 Apr 2026

This rose is an extra

Cat Jim II stopped to smell the roses at TopTropicals

Cat Jim II stopped to smell the roses at TopTropicals

🌹This rose is an extra

"Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers". - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes saying from The Naval Treaty

🐈📸 Cat Jim II stopped to smell the roses at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden.

#PeopleCats #Quotes

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Date: 25 Jan 2021

Healthy Plants: Q&A from Mr Booster

How to get Canistel tree to produce
without dropping flowers and fruit

Q: My Canistel tree is 3 1/2 years old and is growing very well, see the picture below. It gets hundreds of pea sized "berries" but then they fall off. No canistel fruit. What's wrong?

A: You have such a nice looking tree, it is a shame you can't get any fruit to ripen.
In our experience, Pouteria trees dropping fruit prematurely is a very common problem. There may be one of the following reasons, or a combination of them:
- Cold winters may affect production, and while Canistel is generally pretty hardy tropical plant that can easily withstand short periods of chill, the fruit may never form properly if it had a cold winter.
- Lack of water. Canistel tree is pretty drought tolerant, but for the proper production cycle it needs regular irrigation. Especially during hot summer.
- The tree may be not strong enough; young trees drop fruit very often when they don't have enough "fruiting energy" built up in their system.
Your tree looks well established and vigorous, however, flower/fruit drop is often a sign of insufficient nutrients of particular kind, usually Boron (B) and/or Molybdenum (Mo): either when a tree is too young and not strong enough, or because of poor soils and lack of necessary elements.

Here is what can be done, considering you live in a warm, frost-free climate.

1. Provide regular fertilizing program. We recommend liquid fertilizers Sunshine Boosters that are safe to use with every watering and year around. It is beneficial to switch plants from traditional "slow-release" fertilizer to the liquid one because it makes a huge difference in plant growth and flower/fruit quality and quantity. See also:
- Why liquid fertilizers are better than dry
- Article about benefits of liquid fertilizers.

Use this plant food for your Canistel tree:
SUNSHINE C-Cibus - Crop Nutrition Booster

2. Apply micro-element remedies that are very effective for improving fruit production, especially when flower or fruit drop occurs:

SUNSHINE Honey - promotes more efficient blossoming and pollination, makes flowers bigger and reduces bud drop.
SUNSHINE SuperFood - improves plant vigor and quality and size of flowers These are all natural, eco-friendly supplements that work great for fruit trees and other edibles.

Date: 29 Jan 2020

The most luscious Hospitality Fruit: Pineapple

by Mark Hooten, the Garden Doc

I wonder how many people know that the Pineapple (Ananas comosus) was actually the very first New World tropical fruit to have been sampled fresh by European royalty? It happened 527 years ago, when one made it to Spain, being personally delivered to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella by Christopher Columbus... He had obtained a huge number of them, however only one actually survived intact and edible! That pineapple was instantly declared to be the most luscious wonderful fruit ever!..
...During the 1700s before the Revolutionary War, the overly monetarily intoxicated super-rich were actually paying a modern equivalent of⁠ - get this - 8000 dollars for a single fruit!..
...In conclusion, I will add the simple recipe for my personally favorite go-to comfort food...

Pineapple plantation in Hawaii
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