Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Date: 3 May 2025
Best friends
🐈 Best friends
"Having a brother is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they’ll still be there." - Amy Li
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Date: 3 May 2025
How to choose the right Mango variety?
🥭 How to choose the right Mango variety?
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Do you love mangoes but feel overwhelmed by all the varieties? Don't worry - at Top Tropicals, we've got you covered!
Visit our garden center in Ft. Myers or BFarm in Sebring, FL, and let our fruit tree expert Kristi help you choose the perfect mango trees for your garden.
📱 Watch ABC7 Fort Myers News: Mango Varieties with Kristi at Top Tropicals👇
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Watch Top Tropicals on TV 📺
Do you love mangoes but feel overwhelmed by all the varieties? Don't worry - at Top Tropicals, we've got you covered!
Visit our garden center in Ft. Myers or BFarm in Sebring, FL, and let our fruit tree expert Kristi help you choose the perfect mango trees for your garden.
📱 Watch ABC7 Fort Myers News: Mango Varieties with Kristi at Top Tropicals👇
📚 Learn more about #Mango
#Food_Forest
🛒 Shop the Finest Mango Varieties online
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Date: 3 May 2025
How to add Music to your garden
Clerodendrum incisum - Musical Note, Morning Kiss
🎶 How to add Music to your garden
♪ Clerodendrum incisum, also known as Musical Note or Morning Kiss, is a compact, low-maintenance plant with unusual, showy flowers that resemble musical notes, giving it its name.
♪ It thrives in both full sun and shade, tolerates some drought, and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, making it perfect for wildlife-friendly gardens. With blooms bursting everywhere, this plant creates a beautiful carpet of musical-note-shaped flowers around its base, offering a true symphony for your garden.
ℹ️ The unopened flowers resemble musical notes, giving the plant its name.
🛒 Get Musical Notes for your garden
· Why it is called Musical Notes
· Musical Note hits its peak
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♪ Clerodendrum incisum, also known as Musical Note or Morning Kiss, is a compact, low-maintenance plant with unusual, showy flowers that resemble musical notes, giving it its name.
♪ It thrives in both full sun and shade, tolerates some drought, and attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, making it perfect for wildlife-friendly gardens. With blooms bursting everywhere, this plant creates a beautiful carpet of musical-note-shaped flowers around its base, offering a true symphony for your garden.
ℹ️ The unopened flowers resemble musical notes, giving the plant its name.
🛒 Get Musical Notes for your garden
📚 Learn more about Music Notes:
· Why it is called Musical Notes
· Musical Note hits its peak
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Date: 2 May 2025
The world is full of magic things
🌹The world is full of magic things
"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." - W.B. Yeats
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"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." - W.B. Yeats
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Date: 2 May 2025
A Beautiful and Edible Delight: Taro or Elephant Ear?
Colocasia antiquorum Illustris
🍀 A Beautiful and Edible Delight: Taro or Elephant Ear?
Colocasia antiquorum Illustris, commonly known as the Imperial Taro or Elephant Ear, is a striking ornamental plant prized for its dramatic, dark purple and green heart-shaped leaves. While it is primarily cultivated for aesthetic purposes in gardens, ponds, and containers, it does have edible potential.
Young Leaves: The young leaves of Colocasia antiquorum can be consumed when thoroughly cooked.
Tuber (Corm): The corms, or underground stems, of this species are edible but must be cooked properly (may cause irritation if consumed raw).
This cultivar thrives in moist, shaded environments, making it ideal for bog gardens, water features, and shaded landscapes. It prefers consistently moist or boggy soil and can tolerate dappled sunlight.
The plant is fast-growing and can reach heights of 5–6 feet, adding a tropical flair to your garden.
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