🌺 Did you know that you can eat and drink Hibiscus plants?

Who doesn't adore hibiscus flowers? But guess what? Some hibiscus species are not only gorgeous but also surprisingly practical. They can jazz up your garden and your dinner plate!

Hibiscus cannabinus - Salad Hibiscus - flowers and leaves used in tasty healthy salads and teas.

Hibiscus sabdariffa - Flor de Jamaica, Karkade Sorrel, Roselle - flowers and used for famous beverage "Agua de Flor de Jamaica" and Karkade Tea.

Hibiscus acetosella - Cranberry hibiscus - cranberry-colored flowers and leaves are also tasty and healthy in salads and teas.

Grow your edible flower landscape in no time!

📚 Learn more, with recipes: Most useful Hibiscus plants
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🍈 How to always have lots of Guava Juice.

• Psidium littorale, also known as Cattley Guava, is a charming small tropical fruit tree.
• Round fruits offer a unique culinary experience with a sweet and tangy flavor, perfect for various dishes and drinks.
• Surprisingly cold-hardy, it adds both beauty and flavor to any landscape.
• Ideal for containers
• A must-have for fruit lovers seeking a tropical treat.
• One tree can bring enough fruit for making a delicious, aromatic, refreshing Guava juice for the whole family during Summer months. Just put the fruit in a blender, add some water, ice and sugar and enjoy!

🛒Order Cattley Guava and never run out of juice

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Why cucumbers grow on a tree? Because they are "candles"! 🕯

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  🕯 This bizarre tree is a conversation piece and every plant collector should have one!
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  🕯 Parmentiera edulis - Candle Tree, or Guahalote - is a highly ornamental tree with interesting leaves, pretty cream flowers and...ready?
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  🕯One foot long fruits resembling a greenish-yellow cucumbers or candles that hang off the tree!
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  🕯Juicy fruit is edible and has a sweet flavor similar to sugar cane. Eaten raw or cooked; used to make pickles or preserves
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  🕯The fruit is a remedy for colds; roots used as a diuretic.
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  🕯Easy to grow and not fussy about conditions. Cold tolerant to light frost.

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🛒Get your own Candle Tree

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Why cucumbers grow on a tree? Because they are "candles"! 🕯

• 🕯 This bizarre tree is a conversation piece and every plant collector should have one!
• 🕯 Parmentiera edulis - Candle Tree, or Guahalote - is a highly ornamental tree with interesting leaves, pretty cream flowers and...ready?
• 🕯One foot long fruits resembling a greenish-yellow cucumbers or candles that hang off the tree!
• 🕯Juicy fruit is edible and has a sweet flavor similar to sugar cane. Eaten raw or cooked; used to make pickles or preserves
• 🕯The fruit is a remedy for colds; roots used as a diuretic.
• 🕯Easy to grow and not fussy about conditions. Cold tolerant to light frost.

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🛒Get your own Candle Tree

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What tropical fruit tree is cold hardy and easy to grow? It's Golden Loquat – the Symbol of Prosperity, and it tastes like apricots!

• 🍑 Loquat tree (Eriobotrya japonica) is fast-growing, drought-tolerant, cold-tolerant, compact tropical fruit tree.
• 🍑 Heavy producer. Fruits are juicy, aromatic, and resemble apricots. Ripen from early Spring to early Summer.
• 🍑 Ideal for small gardens, beginner fruit tree growers.
• 🍑 High in sugar, acids, vitamins B and C, minerals, and pectin.
• 🍑 Eaten fresh, used in fruit salads, jams, jellies, chutneys, pies, tarts, and wine
Popular as a natural sweetener and for creating sauces.
• 🍑 Grown in Japan for over 1,000 years. In China, represents gold and wealth, often included in auspicious displays or offerings for prosperity💰

📚 Learn more about Loquats
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📁 Overlooked fruit: tasty Loquat recipes (PDF)

🛒Start your fruit garden with Loquats

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