Date: 8 Nov 2024
Mark your calendars: December 14, 2024
Holiday Plant Market
Saturday, December 14, 9 am - 4 pm
Save the date! Join us on December 14 for our Holiday Plant Market!
It's the perfect time to find unique holiday gifts in our Tropical Wonderland, where lush greenery and vibrant blooms replace snow. Discover a stunning variety of tropical plants, from fragrant flowering shrubs and rare vines to fruit trees and spice plants - ideal for holiday giving!
Enjoy amazing deals with plants starting at just $5 and $10, plus receive a free plant with every purchase. Our plants have grown big and beautiful over the summer. Bring friends and family to explore, and let our friendly PeopleCats help you find the perfect plants. Celebrate the season with us in full tropical style - we can't wait to see you there!
Highlights of the event:
30% OFF online prices, one day only!
(excluding 15 gallon material and rare plants)
$5 and $10 plants
Raffle
Free plant with any purchase as a token of our appreciation
Event discounts valid at both locations:
Ft Myers Garden Center: 13890 Orange River, Ft Myers, FL
Sebring B-Farm: 9100 McRoy Rd, Sebring, FL
Date: 10 Jul 2025
🐲 FREE Dragon fruit cutting with every order!
Limited Time Offer - While Supply Lasts
Yes, it's absolutely FREE - because we love you. This month only, get a FREE Dragon Fruit cutting with every plant purchase over $50 (excluding seeds and garden supplies).
Available varieties - the most popular cultivars:
Palora (yellow,
the sweetest), or
Seouls Kitchen
(red-and-white)
you may note your preference in order comments.
These large, cured cuttings are ready to plant, and we've got this quick 30-sec video to show you how. No replacements. One cutting per order. We cannot guarantee variety due to limited supplies. Supplies are limited, so don't wait!
Plus, take 20% off your $200+ order with coupon PRIMEDAY (excludes S/H, ends 7-12-25). Learn more about Dragon Fruit on our blog.
Learn more about Dragon Fruit
Date: 11 Sep 2025
September 11th remains one of the darkest days in our nation’s memory, a tragedy that touched every life in some way. More than two decades later, we may come from different places, hold different views, and see the world through different lenses — but on this day, we stand together in remembrance.
Like a young tree reaching toward the sky, we find strength in renewal. Nature reminds us that healing takes root quietly and grows over time. A branch in bloom, a sunrise after storm clouds, the steady rhythm of the seasons — all speak of life’s resilience. As we honor the lives lost, may we also honor the life that continues around us.
And we will keep remembering, together.
For us, trees and gardens are daily reminders of resilience. That’s why we grow them, and share them with others who find hope in nature. Explore our plants
Date: 1 Jan 2019
NEW VIDEO:
Malpighia punicifolia - Dwarf Barbados-Cherry, Dwarf
Acerola. This dwarf form of Acerola makes a wonderful low-growing shrub or
beautiful bonsai tree with edible fruit. Profuse bloomer, it is also a nice
ornamental! Due to its shallow and smaller root system, Acerolas can be interplanted
with other crops more closely than many trees. Acerolas grows in marl,
limestone, clay and other heavy soils as long as it drains well. Has the highest
vitamin C content of any fruit. 1 Cherry is equal to 12 oranges. Used in
jellies, jams, freezes without losing its vitamin C content. The plant is drought
tolerant and easy to grow.
Malpighias are available from our store
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Date: 6 Dec 2018
Seven rules of cold protection for tropicals
Q: I was always wondering how you guys manage to grow true tropical trees in Florida? I live in Puerto Rico and we have Breadfruit trees growing here in a wild... but my sister lives not far away from you, in Orlando, which is much colder, and I wonder if I can get her a Breadfruit tree for Christmas?
A: Your
sister can grow a Breadfruit tree in Orlando either in a pot (and bring it indoors during
cold periods) or in the ground inside a structure (an elclosed conservatory
with heating system). See our customer's Greenhouse in Virginia. Cold protection of tropical plants is a lengthy
subject and we have many interesting publications about it in our managine
Tropical
Treasures and on the website. In a nutshell, when growing tropicals outside of
tropical climate, you need to follow these 7 rules:
1. Cut watering to a minimum. Cold+wet kills tropical roots.
2. Water thirsty plants before a cold night. Jucy leaves have fewer
chances to be cold-zapped.
3. Wind protection is more important than a temperature drop. Plant
tropicals close to a house or surrounded by other trees.
4. Duration of a cold period is more critical than the cold itself. If
expecting long cold hours, bring up all available protection resources.
Christmas lights or propane heaters - as long as there is a heat source,
everything helps!
5. Remove plastic covers during the daytime so plants don't get
"cooked" in the sun. Fabric covers are better than plastic.
6. Grow ultra-tropicals in containers and bring them inside the garage
or even indoors during the cold.
7. Use SUNSHINE plant boosters and feed your plants well during Summer to improve cold hardiness.
Related topics:
About Cold Protection
Cold protection - winter action for your plant collection
Improving cold hardiness before winter: fertilizer and micro-elements
Cold hardy tropical fruit trees