Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Date: 12 Aug 2024
How to get a fountain of fragrant flowers in no time
Clerodendrum minahasse - Fountain Clerodendrum
⛲️ How to get a fountain of fragrant flowers in no time
Clerodendrums are that we mentioned earlier are all-time favorites for Southern landscape or indoor culture. Today's hero -
🌟 Clerodendrum minahasse - Fountain Clerodendrum, a dense, beautiful bush with beautiful, cascading, fragrant flowers.
🌟 It grows very fast, especially the second year, turning into a cascading display of fragrant flowers almost year around.
🌟 Takes both sun and shade, as most Clerodendrums.
🌟 It is a rare and hard to propagate plant.
🛒 Get your own Fragrant Fountain
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Date: 11 Aug 2024
How soon will Peanut Butter Tree fruit?
Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea)
🍲 How soon will Peanut Butter Tree fruit?
This is a 3-year old Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea) that we introduced in earlier post. It's the second year it's been fruiting. Delicious fruit!
Bunchosia argentea - Peanut Butter Tree, earns its name from its fleshy fruits that boast a delightful peanut butter flavor.
📚 Learn more from previous posts:
• Delectable Peanut Butter Tree
• The best small fruit trees that will produce right away
🛒 Get your own Peanut Butter Tree
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This is a 3-year old Peanut Butter Tree (Bunchosia argentea) that we introduced in earlier post. It's the second year it's been fruiting. Delicious fruit!
Bunchosia argentea - Peanut Butter Tree, earns its name from its fleshy fruits that boast a delightful peanut butter flavor.
📚 Learn more from previous posts:
• Delectable Peanut Butter Tree
• The best small fruit trees that will produce right away
🛒 Get your own Peanut Butter Tree
#Food_Forest
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Date: 11 Aug 2024
What is our most favorite Ginger plant? African Princess!
Costus fissiligulatus - African Princess, Cameroon Costus
🎀 What is our most favorite Ginger plant? African Princess!
👸 The most beautiful Ginger flower, in our opinion, is Costus fissiligulatus - African Princess, or Cameroon Costus - an amazing flowering Ginger from Gabon in West Africa.
👸 Dazzling pink trumpet flower with a yellow throat. It is very floriferous with an inflorescence of numerous flower buds.
👸 Low-growing plant only 3-4 ft that stands very erect.
👸 Easy grower with similar growing requirements to other gingers.
💻 What is your most favorite ginger? Share in comments!
📚 Gingers from previous posts:
Most interesting edible gingers
5 most spectacular Ginger species
How to French Kiss the Red Button Ginger
🛒 Get your own African Princess
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Date: 10 Aug 2024
How to properly eat a pineapple
🍴 How to properly eat a pineapple
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Date: 10 Aug 2024
How to make exotic Passion Fruit Champagne Slush
🍾 How to make exotic Passion Fruit Champagne Slush
Halve passion fruits crosswise and scoop out pulp with seeds into a bowl.
Sprinkle sugar over the pulp. Let sit at room temperature for an hour.
Stir in lime juice and boiling-hot water. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Pour through a fine sieve, pressing on solids, then discard the seeds.
Freeze in ice cube tray.
Once frozen, add 1 cube per champagne flute, then slowly add the champagne.
Makes 6 cocktails:
✔️ 10 passion fruits
✔️ 1/2 cup sugar
✔️ 1 tbsp lime juice
✔️ 1/4 cup boiling hot water
✔️ 1 chilled bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine
📚 From previous posts:
•The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit
🛒 Grow your own Passion fruit
#Recipes #Food_Forest
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Halve passion fruits crosswise and scoop out pulp with seeds into a bowl.
Sprinkle sugar over the pulp. Let sit at room temperature for an hour.
Stir in lime juice and boiling-hot water. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Pour through a fine sieve, pressing on solids, then discard the seeds.
Freeze in ice cube tray.
Once frozen, add 1 cube per champagne flute, then slowly add the champagne.
Makes 6 cocktails:
✔️ 10 passion fruits
✔️ 1/2 cup sugar
✔️ 1 tbsp lime juice
✔️ 1/4 cup boiling hot water
✔️ 1 chilled bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine
📚 From previous posts:
•The truth about Passion flower and Passion fruit
🛒 Grow your own Passion fruit
#Recipes #Food_Forest
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