‍♀️ The plant you didn’t know you needed!

• 🟨 Many gardeners love and want Caesalpinia pulcherrima, the common Bird of Paradise, but Caesalpinia mexicana - Mexican Bird of Paradise - is a rare treasure with a delightful twist - fragrant flowers! This hardy, drought-tolerant shrub thrives in intense heat and is perfect for small yards or patios.
• 🟨 During the warm months, it bursts with butter-yellow blooms that pop against feathery green foliage, attracting hummingbirds. As the flowers fade, woody pods form and snap open dramatically. It grows quickly to 10 feet and can be shaped into a small tree or kept as a compact shrub.
• 🟨 Native to northern Mexico, it thrives in full sun and well-drained soil with very little water. If you're looking for a low-maintenance beauty that adds both fragrance and charm, this plant is a must-have!

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⛲️ How to get a fountain of fragrant flowers in no time

Clerodendrums are that we mentioned earlier are all-time favorites for Southern landscape or indoor culture. Today's hero -

• 🌟 Clerodendrum minahasse - Fountain Clerodendrum, a dense, beautiful bush with beautiful, cascading, fragrant flowers.
• 🌟 It grows very fast, especially the second year, turning into a cascading display of fragrant flowers almost year around.
• 🌟 Takes both sun and shade, as most Clerodendrums.
• 🌟 It is a rare and hard to propagate plant.

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🍌 Why Bananas? They are good for you and are fun to grow!

• 💛 Bananas are berries, not fruits!
• 💛 They float in water like apples and watermelons.
• 💛 Bananas are high in potassium, which helps muscles work properly.
• 💛 They can improve your mood because they contain tryptophan, which your body turns into serotonin.
• 💛 Bananas are great for your heart because they have lots of fiber and potassium.
• 💛 Eating bananas can help with digestion since they are rich in fiber.
• 💛 They are a natural energy booster, perfect for a quick snack.
• 💛 Bananas can help keep your blood pressure in check due to their low sodium and high potassium content.
• 💛 They contain vitamins like B6 and C, which are good for your immune system.
• 💛 Rubbing the inside of a banana peel on mosquito bites can reduce itching and swelling.

❔ What is your favorite Banana or Plantain variety?
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1000 times sweeter than sugar! How to eat sweets without sugar.

🌱 Lippia dulcis - Aztec Sweet Herb, Sweetleaf - is the answer for sugar-free diet. And it's perfectly tasty, and sweeter than Stevia!

• 🍭 This is a Mexican herb with an incredibly sweet leaf.
• 🍭 Leaves can be eaten from the plant like candy or tossed into fruit salads for an unusual addition.
• 🍭 Medicinal tea: it is used since the time of the Aztecs for coughs and colds.

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Why this blue tropical flower has a violet fragrance?

You already saw one unusual blue flower of Tropics - Lead Flower. This one is even more interesting!

👄 Mazabuka, or Blue Lips (Sclerochiton harveyanus) has mauve-blue, unusually lipped flowers that are lightly violet-lavender-fragrant!

• 💙 Blue Lips create a pretty floral display on this shade-loving shrub with its attractive glossy green foliage.
• 💙 Flowers are mauve-blue to purple and the lower petals are ribbed, giving the impression of lips, hence the common name.
• 💙 Five fringed lobes, equal in size, short and rounded, are the flowers distinguishing feature.
• 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!

🐝🐦 The numerous flowers produced in summer are attractive to pollinating insects which encourage insect-feeding birds into the garden.

📚 Learn more: Surprising Violet fragrance of the Blue Lips

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