Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 1 Jun 2024

The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka

The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka
🏆 The Winner of the Tropical Flowering Plant contest will get the Joy Perfume Tree - Champaka!

22 participants posted their plant photos. We counted the votes. The biggest number of likes:

The Lotus Flower by Harita Nair
This plant received 20 likes! ❤️

Congratulations! Your Joy Perfume Tree will be on the way as soon as we confirm your shipping info.

💰$69.95 Value + FREE shipping 🚚
yes, delivered to your door absolutely FREE!


Thank you all participants!

🎁 Stay with us, and discover our new contest and exciting prize - it is coming soon!

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Date: 19 Jul 2024

What is the best flowering shrub for a shady spot?

Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra

Aphelandra hartwegiana - Yellow Aphelandra

Aphelandra squarrosa - White Zebra Plant

Aphelandra squarrosa - White Zebra Plant

Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen

Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen

Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle

Aphelandra x panamensis - Scarlet Candle

💐 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

📚 Learn more from previous posts:
Panama Queen
How to grow Zebra in container?

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Date: 10 Jul 2024

What vine to plant over a big fence

Chonemorpha fragrans - Frangipani vine

❗️ 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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#Perfume_Plants #Hedges_with_benefits

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Date: 3 Jul 2024

Why everyone wants the Sugar Apple?

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Red fruit Kampong Mauve

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Red fruit Kampong Mauve

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Green fruit Thai Lessard

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Green fruit Thai Lessard

🍏 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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Date: 24 Jul 2024

How to grow Lobster Claw

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

Heliconia rostrata - Lobster Claw, Parrot's beak

How to grow Lobster Claw

💅 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.

🛒 Grow your own Lobster Claw

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