🌸 How to get three colors on the same plant: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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  💜 Brunfelsia is one of those plants that makes people stop mid-sentence.

It blooms in shade, smells incredible at night, and then does something unexpected - the flowers change color over just three days.
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  💜 Purple. Lavender. White.

All at the same time, on one plant.
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  💜 It is easy to grow, loves warm weather and part shade, and turns any garden path or patio into an instant conversation starter. Once it starts blooming, it just keeps going.
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  💜 These are the most interesting varieties known as Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow for their magical color transformation from purple to lavender to white over three days: B. grandiflora, B. paucifolia, B. australis.

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• ✦ Brunfelsias in Plant Encyclopedia
• ✦ When Brunfelsia is in bloom? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!
• ✦ The number one flower for shady spots
• ✦ Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

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💖 Top nine plants of love, desire, and the senses: aphrodisiacs and sensory connections

Across cultures, love has also been expressed through taste, scent, warmth, and shared ritual. These tropical plants were valued not just for beauty, but for how they awaken the body and deepen connection.

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  💘 1. Cacao

Cacao - Chocolate Tree (Theobroma cacao) - has one of the strongest global associations with love. Revered by the Aztecs as a “food of the gods”, it was consumed to increase desire and emotional bonding. Chocolate contains compounds linked to feelings of pleasure and infatuation, making cacao a natural Valentine symbol.

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  💘 2. Vanilla Orchid

Vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) is both an orchid and one of the most sensual plant aromas known. Historically paired with cacao in love remedies, vanilla represents intimacy, warmth, and attraction. Its fragrance alone carries powerful emotional associations.

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  💘 3. Ginger

Ginger symbolizes heat, vitality, and passion. Used worldwide to stimulate circulation and warm the body, it represents spark, chemistry, and physical energy.

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  💘 4. Cinnamon

Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) has long been associated with attraction and stimulation. Its warm, lingering aroma makes it a classic plant of desire, comfort, and emotional warmth.

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  💘 5. Pomegranate

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) has long symbolized love, fertility, and union, with its many ruby-red seeds representing abundance and deep connection. In ancient traditions, it was linked to goddesses of love and marriage and remains a symbol of passion balanced by continuity and commitment.

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  💘 6. Coffee

Coffee (Coffea arabica) represents connection through shared ritual. Sacred to African Sufis for its stimulating properties, coffee symbolizes conversation, alertness, and social bonding rather than purely romantic love.

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  💘 7. Fig Tree

Figs (Ficus carica) have ancient associations with fertility, sensuality, and indulgence. Their voluptuous form, sweet flesh, and rich texture made them symbols of desire and abundance in many cultures.

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  💘 8. Betel Leaf and Betel Nut

Betel Leaf (Piper betle) is a powerful symbol of love, respect, and partnership across South and Southeast Asia. It is exchanged in courtship, weddings, and ceremonies, representing acceptance and shared experience. Its heart-shaped leaves reinforce its Valentine symbolism.
Betel nut (Areca catechu) - traditionally used as a stimulant and aphrodisiac, betel nut represents intensity, ritual, and sensory awakening. In this context, it is best presented as a cultural symbol rather than a casual love plant.

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💘 9. Patchouli
Patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) represents deep attraction and emotional grounding. Its earthy, musky scent has long been associated with intimacy and physical presence. Unlike sweet florals, patchouli symbolizes mature, rooted love that lingers.

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• ✦ Valentines day Best Gift Plant Ideas
• ✦ Cacao: fruit of Money and Love
• ✦ How to plant vanilla orchid
• ✦ Most interesting edible gingers
• ✦ Plants of Love: Aphrodisiacs of the plant world
• ✦ How to increase libido?
• ✦ How to Grow Your Own Cinnamon Tree
• ✦ Healing drops of blood: why Pomegranate is a superfood
• ✦ Don't drink your coffee until you see this!
• ✦ The fruit tree that every garden must have: Figs
• ✦ How to grow your own Pepper plants. Five most valuable Pipers
• ✦ How to grow Patchouli indoors
• ✦ Valentine’s plants from around the world that symbolize love, connection, and appreciation
• ✦ Eight favorite plants of romance, affection, and emotional connection
• ✦ Four popular plants of friendship, appreciation, and shared connection

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🕺 Meet Onika's cats: Jaxson

🐈📸 Meet Onika's cats from TopTropicals PeopleCats.Garden:
This is Jaxson. The cat, who loves to sit and meditate amongst the flowers.

"I can sit in the flowers ... for hours and hours!" - Jaxson

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💕 Four popular plants of friendship, appreciation, and shared connection

Not all love is romantic. Many tropical plants symbolize warmth, friendship, hospitality, and human connection.

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  ❣️ 1. Gardenia

Gardenia symbolizes quiet devotion, gratitude, and unspoken affection. It is often given to express deep appreciation rather than dramatic romance.

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  ❣️ 2. Heliconia

With its interlocking bracts, heliconia represents unity, partnership, and celebration. It is often linked to joyful relationships and togetherness and is widely used as a long-lasting cut flower in tropical arrangements.

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  ❣️ 3. Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea symbolizes enduring love and protection - beauty supported by strength. It is often associated with commitment and resilience in relationships.

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❣️ 4. Ixora
Known in parts of Asia as the "flower of love", Ixora represents friendship, emotional closeness, and community bonds.

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• ✦ Valentines day Best Gift Plant Ideas
• ✦ Valentine’s plants from around the world that symbolize love, connection, and appreciation
• ✦ Eight favorite plants of romance, affection, and emotional connection

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🎁 What is the best Valentine’s Day gift that actually lasts?

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  💕 Sweetheart Hoya is a living heart, with perfectly heart-shaped leaves that feel like they were made for love.
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  💕 It comes in several beautiful forms - soft variegated Moonlight, bright variegated Sunshine, and classic Jade Green. Each one is special on its own, but together they feel like a little love story you can grow.
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  💕 A live plant gift does not fade or disappear. It stays, it grows, and it quietly reminds someone every day that they are loved.
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  💕 Sweetheart Hoya is also very easy to care for - low light, low water, happy at home or at the office. A sweet, lasting reminder of love.

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📚 Learn more:

• ✦ Hoya kerrii, Sweetheart Valentine in Plant Encyclopedia
• ✦ What is the best gift plant for Valentines Day
• ✦ Valentines day Best Gift Plant Ideas
• ✦ Valentine’s plants from around the world that symbolize love, connection, and appreciation
• ✦ Eight favorite plants of romance, affection, and emotional connection

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