Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Why is it called Clock Vine?
- 🕰 Thunbergia mysorensis - Clock Vine - is a stunning vine originating from India.
- 🕰 Vibrant yellow flowers with a dark mauve border, of a unique, eye-catching shape.
- 🕰 Supposedly, it is called the Clock Vine because the flowers hang down in a regular, clock-like pattern around the vine. This consistent and orderly arrangement of the blooms resembles the numbers on a clock face, giving the plant its charming and unique name. Do you see it in the flower?
- 🕰 The blooms hang in cascading clusters, creating a spectacular display that can beautifully drape over a trellis or pagoda.
- 🕰 Attaracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
- 🕰 Though it's one of the most popular species among garden enthusiasts, its rarity adds an element of exclusivity to any garden lucky enough to host it.
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Breaking news: flower smells of freshly baked bread! It smells so good, you want to eat it!
Vallaris glabra - Bread Flower
- 🍔 Vallaris glabra - Bread Flower - is one of the most impressive tropical vines that is very popular in Thailand and other South-East Asia countries.
- 🍔 Moderate growth woody climber with clusters of freshly-baked-bread fragrant white flowers.
- 🍔 Easy to care and tolerates wide range of conditions. It can be trained as a compact bush and is good for container culture.
- 🍔 Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
- 🍔 Relatively cold hardy, mild frost doesn't do any damage to it, even large tropical leaves stay glossy, green and healthy.
- 🍔 It is very vigorous grower that can create nice privacy hedge or cover a large fence.
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Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf
🟥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, that we mentioned earlier, is probably number 1️⃣ flowering plant that everybody wants in their garden.
🟥 Pride of Barbados, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock flower, Flower Fence - common names speak for themselves.
🟥 National flower of Barbados.
🟥 Comes in different colors - red, yellow, pink, orange...
🟥 Eye-stopper! Showy flowers almost year round.
🟥 Butterfly magnet
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Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf
Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, with Monarch Butterfly
Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, Red
Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, Yello
- 🟥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, that we mentioned earlier, is probably number 1 flowering plant that everybody wants in their garden.
- 🟥 Pride of Barbados, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock flower, Flower Fence - common names speak for themselves.
- 🟥 National flower of Barbados.
- 🟥 Comes in different colors - red, yellow, pink, orange...
- 🟥 Eye-stopper! Showy flowers almost year round.
- 🟥 Butterfly magnet
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Medusas Head Flower - from Greek mythology
Strophanthus preussii - Poison Arrow Vine, Medusa Flower
Strophanthus preussii - Poison Arrow Vine, Medusa Flower
Strophanthus preussii - Poison Arrow Vine, Medusa Flower
- 🐙 Strophanthus preussii - Poison Arrow Vine, Medusa Flower - has an intriguing flower!
- 🐙 The faintly fragrant flowers have long, slender, and curly petals that resemble the snakes on Medusa's head from Greek mythology, giving it the nickname "Medusa Flower." The petals often extend and twist dramatically, creating an eye-catching appearance. The tips of the petals become narrowed and elongated, forming a twisting, sticky string that dangles down from the flower and touches lower leaves.
- 🐙 The flowers are brightly colored, often in shades of white, yellow, and red, which can attract pollinators and add to their striking visual appeal.
- 🐙 As suggested by another common name "Poison Arrow Vine," parts of the plant contain toxic compounds. Historically, the seeds were used by some African tribes to poison the tips of arrows for hunting. This gives the plant a certain mystique...
- 🐙 Interesting pollination mechanism: the elaborate design of the flowers is not just for show; it plays a role in the plant's pollination strategy. The intricate structure can help ensure that pollinators come into contact with the reproductive parts of the flower, thereby facilitating cross-pollination.
- 🐙 Blooms almost year around
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