Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 25 Jan 2026

Collecting clerodendrums: big color, little effort

Collecting clerodendrums: big color, little effort
🎨 Collecting clerodendrums: big color, little effort

  • 🎨 Collector hook

  • If you love plants that look rare, unusual, and a little dramatic - but do not want high-maintenance divas - Clerodendrums belong in your collection.
    Clerodendrums are a surprisingly diverse group of plants, ranging from flowering vines to shrubs and even small trees. What they all share is bold, colorful blooms and an easygoing nature that makes them far less fussy than they appear. This combination of exotic looks and forgiving care is exactly why collectors gravitate toward them.
    Many clerodendrums bloom repeatedly through the year in warm climates, and several tolerate lower light better than most flowering plants. That makes them flexible - happy in the garden, in containers, on patios, or even indoors near a bright window. Their flowers come in striking combinations of red, white, blue, pink, and purple, often with unusual shapes that stop people mid-walk.

  • 🎨 Why clerodendrums earn collector status

  • ✦ Uncommon, eye-catching flowers
  • ✦ Long or repeat bloom cycles in many varieties
  • ✦ Vines, shrubs, and small trees in one genus
  • ✦ Excellent performance in containers
  • ✦ More tolerant of lower light than expected


🎨 Clerodendrum care made simple

Give clerodendrums bright filtered light to partial sun, regular watering with good drainage, and light feeding during active growth. A little pruning keeps them tidy and encourages fresh blooms. That is it. No complicated routines, no constant fixing.

For collectors who want maximum visual payoff without constant effort, clerodendrums deliver exactly what the title promises - big color, very little work.

🛒 Start your Clerodendrum collection

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Date: 18 Jan 2026

Five steps to everblooming Rose Hydrangea

Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea

🌸Five steps to everblooming Rose Hydrangea
  • 🌸 Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea: everyone who sees this plant falls in love at first sight. Exceptional rose-pink flower clusters cover the shrub, and butterflies and bees go wild over it. While it is considered a winter bloomer, here at Top Tropicals garden we regularly see it flower multiple times a year, with peak bloom from November through January and surprise blooms the rest of the year.
  • 🌸 Here is how to keep your Dombeya seminole happy and blooming more:

  • 💋1. Full sun

  • The more sun it gets, the more flowers it produces. Sun equals bloom power.
  • 💋2. Adequate water

  • Dombeyas are heavy drinkers. Regular watering fuels fast growth and heavier flowering.
  • 💋3. Feed for flowers

  • Use Sunshine Megaflor bloom booster with regular watering, or apply Green Magic controlled-release fertilizer every 6 months.
  • 💋4. Trim after flowering

  • Prune once blooms fade. A bushier plant means more flowering points next season.
  • 💋5. Give it space

  • This is a round, airy shrub. Allow at least 6 x 6 ft for good air circulation and even light exposure.


🌸 Quick facts you will appreciate:
  • 💋Often called Tropical Hydrangea because of its hydrangea-like flower clusters
  • 💋Blooms fall through spring, often all winter
  • 💋Reaches about 6-7 ft tall and wide, but can be kept smaller with pruning
  • 💋Thrives in full sun to partial shade and tolerates poor soil
  • 💋An excellent nectar source for butterflies


If you want a beautiful color that refuses to quit, this shrub earns its spotlight.

🛒 Add Beautiful Dombeya to your garden

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Date: 31 Dec 2025

How to create privacy in your yard fast

Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii

🌸 How to create privacy in your yard fast
  • 🌸 Tropical Hydrangea - Dombeya x wallichii - really shines, if you need privacy in your garden fast!
  • 🌸 Dombeya is the fastest-growing flowering shrub you can plant. In just one season, it can turn an open space into a thick, leafy privacy screen. Large, heart-shaped tropical leaves fill in quickly, creating solid coverage long before slower hedges even get started.
  • 🌸 The bonus comes in winter, when the plant is covered in big, soft pink, hydrangea-like flower clusters that also attract bees and pollinators. It loves water and handles wet spots with ease, making it a great choice for Florida gardens and rainy summers.
  • 🌸 If you are looking for a fast, flowering solution for privacy in your garden, Dombeya is your hedge with benefits!


🛒 Plant Dombeya today and get pricacy right away

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Date: 27 Dec 2025

Stop planting shade plants until you see this one!

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian plume or Red Cloak

Stop planting shade plants until you see this one!
  • 🚩Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian plume or Red Cloak is one of my favorite winter colors in the garden. It comes from a plant most people overlook.

  • It keeps pushing bold red flower spikes when many plants slow down.
  • 🚩It handles sun or shade, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, and even surprises people with light cold tolerance. Big leaves, strong structure, and steady color make it a solid choice for beds, fences, or large containers.
  • 🚩If your garden needs color that does not quit when the season changes, this one earns its space.


🛒 Get the winter bloomer most gardens are missing

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Date: 24 Dec 2025

I wait all year for this vine to bloom!

New Guinea Creeper, Tecomanthe dendrophila

🌸 I wait all year for this vine to bloom!

It's this time of the year when beautiful Tecomanthe is opening her majestic blooms!
The New Guinea Creeper (Tecomanthe dendrophila) is a stunning, non-aggressive vine that will captivate with its vibrant blooms and lush foliage.
  • 🌸 New Guinea Creeper, Tecomanthe dendrophila, is one of those plants that changes the whole garden when it blooms. Winter doesn’t have to be boring! In early winter through spring, it covers itself in large trumpet-shaped flowers with deep pink tubes and creamy white tips. The display lasts weeks, not days!
  • 🌸 Unlike many flowering vines, this one is well-behaved. It climbs without taking over, stays glossy and evergreen year-round, and works beautifully on trellises, arbors, or strong supports. Butterflies love it, and people always stop to ask what it is.
  • 🌸 A true winter show stopper for warm climates or containers!


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Your garden needs New Guinea Creeper

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