Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 18 Jul 2025

Royal Cats Daily Schedule

Royal Cats Daily Schedule

Royal Cats Daily Schedule

✨ Royal Cat’s Daily Schedule



5:00 am - 5:15 am - Wake the servants. With authority. Use claws if ignored.
6:00 am - 6:15 am - Morning grooming. A monarch must sparkle.
6:15 am - 7:30 am - Vigorous athletic training: zoomies, ambush drills, and hallway races.
7:30 am - Light royal snack. Not what was offered - something better.
7:30 am - 1:00 pm - Refreshing slumber in a sunbeam. Royal snoring allowed.
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm - Afternoon snack. Preferably something the servants just opened for themselves.
1:15 pm - 1:16 pm - Optional stretch. One paw is enough.
1:16 pm - 5:30 pm - Do not wake. The royal being is not to be trifled with.
5:30 pm - Servants return from wherever they’ve been. Deliver loud complaints. Make it personal.
5:35 pm - 6:00 pm - Festive banquet. Fit for feline royalty.
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm - Digestive pause. Stare into the void.
6:05 pm - 6:30 pm - Additional nap. Important things can wait.
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Allow audience with the servants. Bonus points if they offer tummy rubs. Caution: traps may be set.
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm - Evening nap to prepare for major operations.
11:00 pm - 2:00 am - Advanced night training: furniture parkour, the Wild Mustang routine, and expert-level feng shui via object relocation.
2:00 am - 5:00 am - Cuddle enforcement: close contact with a sleeping servant, accompanied by motivational purring.
5:00 am - What do you mean you're still sleeping?!

📚 See also:


PeopleCats.Garden Official Cat Feeding Policy

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Date: 19 Jul 2025

Beware of the Wigglebutts!

Sunshine, Draco and Lila the dogs

🐶 Beware of the Wigglebutts!

Another year passed, and here is another Lab Family reunion!
Exactly a year ago: 8 cute puppies update: wet dog fragrance. Mango's puppies turned into big monsters.

🐈📸 Sunshine, Draco and Lila visiting their Mom Mango at Top Tropicals Bfarm and PeopleCats.Garden

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Date: 20 Jul 2025

A plant wearing a sweater

Tradescantia sillamontana - White Velvet, Cobweb Spiderwort

👚 A plant wearing a sweater

  • 👕 Tradescantia sillamontana - White Velvet, Cobweb Spiderwort - is one of those plants that stops people in their tracks and makes them ask, "What is that fuzzy thing?" Here's why it's so cool:
  • 👕 It looks like it's wearing a sweater! Its silvery-green leaves are covered in a soft, white fuzz that looks like cobwebbing - hence the nickname Cobweb Spiderwort. It's as if the plant dressed itself for a chilly morning
  • 👕 It grows low and spreads nicely, forming a neat, dense mound about 10-12 inches tall and 18 inches wide, making it perfect for edging, containers, or spilling over walls.
  • 👕 In summer and fall, it surprises you with vivid magenta-purple flowers tucked among the fuzzy foliage.
  • 👕 Despite its delicate appearance, this plant is hardy to light freezes (zone 8) and thrives on neglect. Dry spells? No problem. It pairs beautifully with succulents. Sun or shade!
  • 👕 Whether in a rock garden, pot, or tucked into a sunny nook, White Velvet brings texture, contrast, and plenty of personality. This little spiderwort is weird, wonderful, and surprisingly easy to grow.


🛒 Get your own Fuzzy White Velvet Tradescantia

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Date: 23 Jul 2025

NEW ON YOUTUBE: Top Tropicals Shorts!

Top  Tropicals  shorts  -  short  videos

It's finally here! We've launched a brand-new section of quick, fun, and super useful short videos straight from your favorite garden and nursery. In just 20-30 seconds, you'll get smart tips, rare plant spotlights, and simple growing tricks - all packed into bite-sized bursts.

And of course, plenty of fun moments with your favorite PeopleCats (and dogs too!).

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Date: 7 Aug 2025

What is the best purple flowering bush? Glory bush!

Tibouchina multiflora (grandifolia) - Glory bush, Quaresmeira

💜 What is the best purple flowering bush? Glory bush!

  • 🟣 Why everyone in Florida wants this fuzzy-leaf Tibouchina? Tibouchina multiflora (grandifolia), Glory bush, Quaresmeira
  • is one of those plants that stops people in their tracks.
  • 🟣 The leaves are huge, soft, and fuzzy - up to 10 inches wide, sometimes 12 in shade. They're as fun to touch as they are to look at!
  • 🟣 And when it blooms? You get bold spikes of purple flowers from August through winter, turning your garden into a purple paradise.
  • 🟣 But here's the twist: the older leaves can surprise you by turning shades of orange and red - a rare bonus of fall color in the tropics.
  • 🟣 It thrives in sun or shade, grows fast, and handles Florida’s winters without a fuss.

This isn’t just a flowering shrub. It’s a statement.

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Make your garden pop with purple: explore Tibouchina plants

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Why this Tibouchina is so popular

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