Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 5 Jul 2024

Like the sweet, deep colors of tropical flowers, the fruits of the earth inspire and enrich our lives

Exotic tropical fruit on a tray

Exotic tropical fruit on a tray

💻 "Like the sweet, deep colors of tropical flowers, the fruits of the earth inspire and enrich our lives." - Homer

📸 Bael Fruit, Mangosteen, Sapodilla, Rambutan, Mango, Maprang - from Thailand fruit market

🛒 Shop rare tropical fruit trees

#Edible_Forest #Quotes

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Date: 4 Jul 2024

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree, flower

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree, flower

💻 "If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change." - Buddha

📸 Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

📚 Learn more: The Ylang-Ylang, Queen of the Perfume World, the Bearer of an Ideal Fragrance.

🛒Grow your own Ylang Ylang Tree

#Perfume_Plants #Quotes

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Date: 3 Jul 2024

Why everyone wants the Sugar Apple?

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Red fruit Kampong Mauve

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Red fruit Kampong Mauve

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Green fruit Thai Lessard

Annona squamosa - Sugar apple, Green fruit Thai Lessard

🍏 Why everyone wants the Sugar Apple?



Annona squamosa - Sugar apple - is considered by many as the most delicious tropical fruit. We introduced the Annona trees earlier.

✳️ Very small, compact tree, perfect for container or small yard, see photos from our Tropical Fruit Tree contest Winner.

✳️ Starts fruiting within 3 year from seed!

✳️ Easy to grow and undemanding

✳️ The fruit is sheer deliciousness, pulp resembling custard.

🛒 Order Sugar Apple

#Food_Forest #Container_Garden

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Date: 3 Jul 2024

What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?

Tabernaemontana divaricata - Pinwheel Jasmine, Crape Jasmine

What is the best showy shrub to plant under a shade tree?



💮 Tabernaemontana divaricata, also known as Pinwheel Jasmine or Crape Jasmine, is a true garden gem, blooming year-round to bring constant beauty to your outdoor space.

💮 This cute bush can be also shaped into a small tree.

💮 It looks beautiful beneath palms or trees.

💮 Blooms year-round with pretty, white, pinwheel-shaped flowers.

💮 Needs bright light for profuse blooming, but can tolerate shade conditions.

💮 Makes your garden look stunning all year around.

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Get Pinwheel Jasmine

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Date: 1 Jul 2024

What happens when a gardener gets a Swiss Cheese?

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant

What happens when a gardener gets a Swiss Cheese? Swiss Cheese Plant!



🌿 Monstera x adansonii - Baby Swiss Cheese Plant - is an unusual form of Monstera with leaves that have many holes, much bigger than those in Swiss Cheese!

🌿 Makes an interesting indoor specimen, an eye stopper.

🌿 Shade lover, but can take some semi-shade too.

🌿 Can be grown outdoors in warmer climates and climbs trees or walls wherever you need a green wall.

🌿 Grows fast, very undemanding plant. Perfect when you need to fill space with greenery quickly.

🛒 Order Swiss Chees Plant

#Container_Garden #Shade_Garden

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