Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 1 May 2025

🌸 Plumeria Power: The Signature Scent of the Tropics

Plumeria  collage

Q: What is the most fragrant variety of Plumeria? Are some colors more fragrant than others? How do you keep Plumeria blooming?

A: From Kristi, TopTropicals Flower Expert: At Top Tropicals, we used to think yellow Plumeria was the most fragrant. That was until we discovered multi-colored hybrids and stunning "rainbow" varieties! These rare beauties are prized not just for their sweet, strong fragrance but also for their dazzling mix of tropical colors.

We just received new arrivals of stunning new Plumeria varieties - but quantities are limited, so don't wait! Choose your favorite colors and bring home the irresistible scent of the tropics.

Plumerias are famous for their rich colors and unforgettable fragrance. With just a few simple steps, you can grow your own blooming tree and enjoy flowers just like in the pictures.

5 simple rules how to grow a fragrant Plumeria

1. Use well-drained soil. Choose a potting mix rich in perlite, bark, and coconut fiber. We recommend Sunshine Abundance professional soil mix for best results.

2. Choose the right container. Use a pot just slightly larger than the root ball to prevent water-logging. Plumeria prefers dry conditions - water only when the soil is slightly dry.

3. Give it full sun. Plumeria needs plenty of light to bloom. If grown indoors, place it in the brightest spot and bring it outside for sunbathing whenever possible.

4. Let it rest in winter. Plumeria drops its leaves and goes dormant during the cooler months. When this happens, reduce watering to a minimum and let the plant rest until new growth begins.

5. Feed it to bloom. Plumeria is a heavy feeder and needs fertilizer to flower well. Use a plant food high in phosphorus, like Sunsine Megaflor Bloom Booster liquid fertilizer. It's safe to use with every watering, all year round.

New Video of Exotic Plumeria Hybrids

Check out different varieties of Plumerias in full bloom. Just look at these colors in this short video !

Date: 17 Nov 2022

Get your plants ready for winter:
Just spray this to improve cold hardiness...

Sunshine  Plant  Supplement  Kit

How to improve plant cold hardiness?

Pland cold hardiness depends on several factors, including:
1) genetics of specific species
2) maturity of the plant, size of root system, stems and branches
3) plant health and vigor which is supported by proper nutrition program and adding special plant hormones.

While 1) and 2) may be out of our control, the 3rd factor is something that can be easily improved! It is important to feed plants during the season of active growth on regular basis by applying macro- and micro- elements. Liquid fertilizers and especially natural plant food like Sunshine Boosters can be applied year around to keep plants healthy and strong.
Besides the routine fertilizing program, just a few applications of special plant hormones can increase tropical plant hardiness big time! Before the cold is coming, spray your plants with these 3 magic potions and they will gain a few degrees in low temperature tolerance! It is recommended to make 2-3 applications.

- Sunshine Superfood
- Sunshine Epi
- Sunshine Power-Si

Cat  staying  warm  on  a  stove

Date: 27 Jan 2026

🌸 Adenium, Coffee, and Donuts

Smokey  and  Sunshine  with  a  blooming  adenium  desert  rose  on  a  worktable,
 
 
  surrounded  by  potted  adeniums  in  the  background.
Smokey: Desert rose. One caudex. Multiple grafts. Different flowers.
Sunshine: So it is a team plant. Everyone blooms, nobody agrees.
Smokey: Yet it grows just fine.
Sunshine: That is the secret. Coffee and donuts.

🌸Featured Adeniums

Recommended by our Horticulturist, Tatiana Anderson

Moung Kusuma Moung  Kusuma  adenium  flower  with  deep  magenta  velvety  petals  and  dark 
 


edging

Deep magenta flowers with a velvety look and a darker, almost black edge. A bold, elegant adenium that stands out immediately.

Sunshine Adenium  Sunshine  flower  with  pink  and  white  petals  and  bright  color 
 


contrast

Bright yellow and mauve swirls across layered petals create a warm, cheerful bloom that lives up to its name.

White Rabbit Adenium  White  Rabbit  flower  with  white  petals  and  bright  pink  streaks. Clean white petals brushed with playful pink streaks. A reliable bloomer with soft ruffled flowers.
Thong Samsee Adenium  Thong  Samsee  flower  with  creamy  yellow  petals  and  soft  pink 
 


edges

Known for its three-color effect, shifting from yellow to pink to nearly white on the same plant.

Candy Adenium  Candy  flower  with  creamy  white  petals  and  soft  pink  edges

Cheerful yellow petals dipped in cherry red with bold ruffled layers. Bright, playful, and impossible to miss.

Black Sheep Adenium  Black  Sheep  flower  with  nearly  black  petals  and  deep  red 
 


highlights

Nearly black petals with a glowing red center. Dark, dramatic, and different.

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Date: 26 Apr 2016

HEALING POWER OF HERBS

The most effective herbs to help you sleep. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Nothing is worse than the feeling of lying awake, unable to sleep as the numbers on the clock edge closer and closer to morning. Perhaps like many others, you toss and turn with your mind racing, playing the events of the day over and over again. Maybe you fall asleep easily, but wake up shortly after and can't get back to sleep for the rest of the night. If this sounds familiar, you are not alone. Fortunately, there are natural alternatives to prescription sleeping pills that are just as effective but are far gentler on the body. The following article by Marilyn Reid takes a closer look at some of the best herbs to help you sleep. Reed more...

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Date: 29 Nov 2025

The throne is mine

Cat Niki a.k.a. the Security Gard

🚽 The throne is mine

"The throne is mine." - Game of Thrones
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton

🐈📸 Cat Niki a.k.a. the Security Gard, who created her own salon, now took over the bathroom at TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden

#PeopleCats #Quotes

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