Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 4 Jul 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

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

💻 "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

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Date: 28 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Researchers discover what a perfume from Ancient Rome was made of: Patchouli!

Pogostemon cablin - Patchouli

Researchers discover what a perfume from Ancient Rome was made of: Patchouli!

⚡️ A research team at the University of Cordoba has identified the composition of a Roman perfume more than 2,000 years old thanks to the discovery of a small vessel of ointment in Carmona, Spain.
⚡️ The mausoleum held the remains of six individuals in six urns, one of which was made of glass and contained the remains of a woman who died between 30 and 40 years of age. Her cloth bag held a rock crystal flask sealed with a stone and bitumen and three amber beads...
⚡️The well-preserved material inside the flask was examined with X-ray diffraction, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry. The study determined that the scent was derived from Pogostemon cablin, a plant from India used to produce the scent Patchouli.
⚡️Patchouli only grows in the tropical climates of southern and southeastern Asia. This means it would have been imported into Roman territory and sold in products crafted for wealthy patrons who craved access to exotic ingredients.
⚡️ The high quality of the flask holding the scent suggests that it was a valuable product.

⚠️ Get your own valuable Patchouli Plant and always have the heavenly smell with you!

🛒 Plant your own Patchouli

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Date: 27 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Is Magnolia edible? Vanilla Magnolia: its for cooking!

Florida Sweet Bay - Vanilla Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)

❔ Is Magnolia edible? Vanilla Magnolia: it's for cooking!

💮 Florida Sweet Bay, or Vanilla Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) has beautiful flowers with strong vanilla fragrance, while the leaves offer unique culinary uses.

🔹 Strong vanilla scent: fragrance can be noticed hundreds of yards away.
🔹 White, delicate blooms.
🔹 Unique leaf flavor: fresh leaves have a distinct taste, fun for cooking. Sweet Bay offers unique cooking flavors.
🔹 Prefers moist, acidic soil conditions, tolerates flooding, ideal for wet spots in your yard.
🔹 Pest-free: no bugs or other pests.

🛒 Shop Magnolia trees

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Date: 23 Jun 2024 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta purple

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta Lavender Lace Variegated

Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta White

⚡️ Gardeners finally found a perfect everblooming hedge for shade!

💜 Kings Mantle - Thunbergia erecta - is a perfect flowering bush or hedge for the shady garden.
💜 Ever-blooming: Perfect for a continuously blooming hedge.
💜 Dense shrub: Bushy, fast-growing, and ideal for mixed beds or medium-to-low hedges.
💜 Beautiful flowers: flowers resemble morning glories, with common varieties having rich purple petals and yellow throats.
💜 Attractive foliage: Small, dark green leaves.
💜 Climber relatives: Unlike many Thunbergia species, this one is a sprawling shrub.
💜 Pruning responsive: Can be shaped into a dense hedge, pruning promotes flowering.
💜 Sun or shade: Prefers bright light and well-drained soil, but will also bloom in partial shade.
💜 Colors: comes in dark blue, white, and the unique, vigorous variegated variety - 'Lavender Ice'.