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.

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❓How to grow a happy Adenium.

What you need for successful growing Adeniums:

1️⃣ A small pot with excellent drainage, size of root system.

2️⃣ Adenium soil mix. Use only well-drained soil. We suggest this Adenium mix.

3️⃣ Lots of light for heavy flowering. However, in super hot climates, they look healthier in filtered bright light.

4️⃣ Little water. Adeniums like a neutral to hard water. Acidic water tends to sour the soil too fast and may cause root rot.
Water plants preferably in the early morning, and allow them to drink up throughout the day.
Do not water again until soil dries on surface. Never allow your plants to sit in a saucer of water, but don't let them to dry out too often - this causes adeniums to go into early dormancy. Adeniums do not like both over-watering or drying-out.

5️⃣ Fertilizer. To make your plant develop a large swollen base/trunk, you'll need a good quality fertilizer. Sunshine Megaflor provides all the nutrients responsible for both Caudex growth and profuse flowering.

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💐 What flower smells like lemons?

• 🍋 Aglaia odorata, also known as Chinese Perfume Plant or Chinese Rice Flower, is in full bloom at TopTropicals, filling the air with its pleasant lemony fragrance virtually year-round!
• 🍋 This tough, low-maintenance plant adds a touch of enchanted magic and delightful scent to your garden.
• 🍋 Beyond its beauty, Aglaia boasts medicinal properties thanks to compounds like odorine and odorinol.
• 🍋 It grows into a dense bush without the need for pruning, making it the perfect, cold-tolerant tropical hedge.

🛒 Get ever-blooming, fragrant delight - Aglaia

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🍌 Is Blue Java Banana really blue? Great question!

• 🔵 The Blue Java Banana, also known as the Ice Cream Banana, really does have a blueish tint when the fruit is unripe.
• 🔵 It's not bright neon blue, but more of a silvery blue-green or frosty blue tone.
• 🔵 This cool color is especially noticeable under sunlight and is one of the reasons the variety is so eye-catching.
• 🔵 Once ripe, the fruit turns pale yellow and has a creamy texture with a vanilla-like flavor, hence the nickname "ice cream banana."

🍌 Ice Cream (Blue Java) is a cold-tolerant hybrid of Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata, vigorous banana growing 10-15 feet tall and producing 40-60 lb bunches of stout, bluish-skinned fruit with sweet, vanilla-flavored, cream-like flesh that can be eaten raw or cooked.

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• 🟡Bananas are rich in potassium, which helps regulate blood pressure and supports heart health.
• 🟡They provide a quick source of energy and are great for post-workout recovery.
• 🟡The fiber in bananas aids digestion and promotes gut health.
• 🟡Eat them fresh, add to smoothies, bake into breads and desserts, or use in various savory dishes.
• 🟡Rubbing the inside of a banana peel on mosquito bites can reduce itching and swelling.

🛒 Blue bananas exist - and you can grow them!

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