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Date: 10 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Pre-hurricane season tips: how to protect your trees from winds

Spathodea campanulata - African Tulip Tree

Tabebuia caraiba - Yellow trumpet tree crooked with wind

🌪 Pre-hurricane season tips: how to protect your trees from winds

Some trees like mango have deep roots and handle wind well. Others - like our favorites Spathodea campanulata - African Tulip Tree or Tabebuia caraiba - Yellow trumpet tree (in the photos) - need extra care. You've likely seen crooked Tabebuias in South Florida or lost a bushy Tulip Tree to strong winds. Their wide crowns act like sails in a storm.

💨 To help your trees withstand wind damage:

✅ Stake young trees with strong support - use a tripod-style setup (three bamboo sticks or boards secured around the tree for balance from all sides)
✅ Check and adjust supports every 6 months
✅ Trim long or rubbing branches - they break first
✅ Add extra support if a storm is coming (larger trees benefit from sturdy tripod-style bracing with boards)
✅ Lighten bushy growth, less sail = more survival

💡 Some remove all leaves from plumeria before a hurricane - it works!
💡 We pruned our Tulip Tree and Ceiba - and they withstood Hurricane Milton while others fell

✅ If a tree falls, stand it up ASAP and support it. Trim broken branches - they’ll remind you what needed pruning before, not after!
✅ Trees protected young, grow strong for life.

🛒 Grab your beautiful Tulip Tree and Tabebuia Tree today - support them early for strength and beauty later!

📚Learn more:
Everyone loves these tulips growing on a tree

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Date: 5 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What will Tree Calliandra bring into your garden?

Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra

🎶 What will Tree Calliandra bring into your garden?

🐾 Calliandra houstoniana - Tree Calliandra - is a stunning, bushy tree with vibrant pink blooms.
🐾 Why every garden needs a Calliandra tree? It effortlessly adds charm in your garden and attracts wildlife: fluffy pink flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies year around.
🐾 How big and fast does it grow? This is the only tree form of Powderpuff. It quickly grows into a bushy beautiful tree under 20 ft - in just one season.

📚 More prom previous post:
Calliandra Tree everyone should have: how big and fast does it grow?
What Tree Calliandra brings into your garden

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Date: 4 Apr 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why settle for ordinary when you can have this?

👍 Why settle for ordinary when you can have this?

🌸 Transform your garden with the Chinaberry Tree (Melia azedarach) - a fast-growing, fragrant beauty that doubles in size in just one season!
🌸 Its lilac flowers and sweet vanilla-like scent will fill your garden with elegance, while its hardy nature ensures it thrives even in colder climates.
🌸 Enjoy lush, green foliage and a lovely shade canopy, all with minimal care. Plus, it's low-maintenance, pest-resistant, and has medicinal benefits!

Ready to add this aromatic gem to your landscape? Don't wait bring home the Chinaberry Tree today!

📚 Learn more about Chinaberry Tree

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Date: 19 Mar 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why everyone loves these tulips growing on a tree

Spathodea campanulata - African Tulip Tre

🌷Why everyone loves these tulips growing on a tree

🌷 Ever wondered what it's like to have tulips growing on a tree? Spathodea campanulata - African Tulip Tree - offers just that with its bold, orange-red, tulip-like flowers that bloom in winter and spring. It is the most spectacular flowering tree!
🌷Known for its large, vibrant orange-red, tulip-like flowers with yellow throats, creating a spectacular display from winter through spring.
🌷Adds to its visual appeal with rich green leaves.
🌷Sensitive to frost when young but becomes more cold-hardy as it matures.

🛍 Get your own Tulip Tree

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Date: 18 Mar 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is in bloom right now?

Bauhinia alba (candida) - White Orchid Tree

What is in bloom right now?

😡 Orchid trees are among the most spectacular trees in Florida, flowering from late winter through spring. They are fast-growing, not fussy about soil or water, and bloom for several weeks in a stunning display of white, purple, pink, or red flowers.

📸 Bauhinia alba (candida) - White Orchid Tree - the most cold-hardy of all Bauhinias, tolerating temperatures as low as 26F. You can see them in full bloom across Florida right now!

📚 Orchid trees from previous posts:

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Date: 8 Mar 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Pau DArco blooming in small size

Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia, Pau DArco - flowering in 1 gal pot

🌸 Pau D'Arco blooming in small size

🌸 Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia, Pau DArco - flowering in 1 gal pot.

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Date: 8 Mar 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

What is the most beautiful winter flowering tree for Florida snowbirds?

Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia, Pau DArco, Taheebo

🌸 What is the most beautiful winter flowering tree for Florida snowbirds?

🌸 It's not a cherry blossom! It's one of the most beautiful Florida trees - Tabebuia impetiginosa - Dwarf Pink Tabebuia, Pau DArco, Taheebo. It is in full bloom now, and it's a spectacular view!
🌸 This tree is a Florida favorite that's sure to make your garden stand out. This beauty is a winter-spring bloomer that'll have your landscape looking fabulous with bright pink flowers and a splash of yellow in the throats.
🌸 These gorgeous blooms pop up before the tree even puts out new leaves.
🌸 Perfect for smaller yards, this compact tree brings a burst of color without taking up too much space. Plus, it's the ideal choice for snowbirds visiting Florida in winter - when you're craving some color!
🌸 But this Tabebuia isn't just pretty - it's also practical! This tropical beauty is cold-hardy down to the upper 20’s, making it a great fit for Central Florida.
🌸 It's been a prized medicinal tree for centuries! Pau DArco (Taheebo) bark is brewed to make a smooth, earthy, and subtly sweet tea that contains compounds like lapachol and quercetin, used for centuries by indigenous South American tribes. A tree that's not only lovely to look at but also useful? That’s a win-win!
🌸 Starts flowering in very small size - see next post ⬇️

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Date: 7 Mar 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

When you need a Bottlebrush right now

Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.)

💥 When you need a Bottlebrush right now

💖 Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.) is in full bloom right now!
💖 It is a striking, low-maintenance tree with fiery red, brush-like blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
💖 Bottlebrush is a carefree dream tree: tolerates both heat and cold (hardy to zone 8), and is drought-resistant once established.
💖 Its vibrant flowers and unique texture make it perfect as a focal point, hedge, or standalone specimen.
💖 With varieties like the compact Little John, ideal for containers at just 4 feet tall, this tree brings year-round beauty and pollinator activity to any landscape.

📚 Learn more: Cleaning bottles with bottlebrush

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Date: 3 Mar 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

Why this Magnolia flower smells like banana?

Magnolia figo, Banana Magnolia

🍌 Why this flower smells like banana?

Magnolia figo, or Banana Magnolia that we mentioned earlier, is currently in full bloom and filling the air with its unbelievably delightful fragrance! The sweet, fruity aroma of its perfume-like flowers carries a hint of banana, making it a truly irresistible addition to your garden.
Looking for a little perfume tree for a small garden or container? Compact and evergreen, reaching only5-6 ft in container, this small tree or shrub adds sophistication to any landscape. Glossy, deep green foliage enhances its visual charm.
Cold tolerant and heat tolerant. Takes sun and shade.

🛍 Plant Banana Magnolia

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Date: 19 Feb 2025 Top Tropicals Telegram channel & chat

A small tree of a pure gold

⭐️ A small tree of a pure gold

😊 Earlier we showed the video of Pink Tabebuia Tree 💗

Tabebuia chrysotricha

😊 These trees are flowering now in Florida. It's a breathtaking view!
😊 The Dwarf Golden Tabebuia is a small, striking tree ideal for container culture or small gardens. With its sparse crown and compact size, this tree is perfect for patios or yards where space is limited.
😊 In late winter to spring, when the tree is leafless, it bursts into a stunning display of bright yellow flowers that can bloom over several weeks.
😊 It's also impressively cold-hardy, able to withstand temperatures as low as 26F for a few hours.
😊 Whether as a focal point or accent plant, the Dwarf Golden Tabebuia adds a touch of vibrant color to any Southern landscape.
😊 Perfect candidate for container culture.

📚 More from previous posts:
2 most favorite flowering trees for small yards
It's not a cherry blossom! Video of spectacular Pink Tabebuia

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