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This is what we plant for a compact colorful hedge solution
Thunbergia erecta - Kings Mantle
💜 This is what we plant for a compact colorful hedge solution
💜 Thunbergia erecta - Kings Mantle - is currently in full bloom in our garden, showcasing its vibrant flowers that last almost year-round.
💜 One of our favorite flowering shrubs, it's compact, easy-going, and perfect for adding a splash of color.
💜 Available in blue, white, and even variegated lavender flowers, King's Mantle thrives in both sun and filtered light, with its dense, manageable habit making it ideal for low-growing hedges or garden specimens.
💜 It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, and with simple pruning, it stays under 4 feet while producing a profusion of blooms.
💜 Hardy to 30°F and suitable for USDA Zones 9-11, it's also great for container gardening in colder regions.
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🛒 Shop Thunbergias - colorful flowers for sun and shade
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- ▫️ Variegated flowers of Lavender Ice
- ▫️ Why is it called King's Mantle
- ▫️ Perfect everblooming hedge for shade
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Top 20 plants for a Butterfly Haven
Best plants for a Butterfly Haven Garden
Top 20 plants for a Butterfly Haven
🏆 The most spectacular butterfly plants for the previous post 👆
*️⃣Acacia farnesiana, Sweet Mimosa
*️⃣ Antigonon leptopus - Mexican Coral Vine
*️⃣ Aristolochia - Pelican Flower, Dutchmans Pipe
*️⃣ Caesalpinia - Dwarf Poinciana, Bird of Paradise
*️⃣ Calliandra - Powderpuff
*️⃣ Cassia (Senna) - especially yellow-flowered varieties
*️⃣ Clerodendrums - all varieties
*️⃣ Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea
*️⃣ Dombeya - Tropical Hydrangea
*️⃣ Jatropha - Coral Plant
*️⃣ Justicia - Brazilian Plume
*️⃣ Lonchocarpus violaceus - Lilac Tree
*️⃣ Lonicera - Honeysuckle
*️⃣ Mansoa alliacea - Garlic Vine
*️⃣ Passiflora - Passion Vine
*️⃣ Petrea - Queens Wreath
*️⃣ Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine
*️⃣ Quisqualis Indica - single flower
*️⃣ Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine
*️⃣ Tecoma and Tecomaria
🛒 Transform your yard into a Butterfly Haven with exotic plants
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Five best butterfly attractors for a Southern garden
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🏆 The most spectacular butterfly plants for the previous post 👆
*️⃣Acacia farnesiana, Sweet Mimosa
*️⃣ Antigonon leptopus - Mexican Coral Vine
*️⃣ Aristolochia - Pelican Flower, Dutchmans Pipe
*️⃣ Caesalpinia - Dwarf Poinciana, Bird of Paradise
*️⃣ Calliandra - Powderpuff
*️⃣ Cassia (Senna) - especially yellow-flowered varieties
*️⃣ Clerodendrums - all varieties
*️⃣ Clitoria ternatea - Butterfly Pea
*️⃣ Dombeya - Tropical Hydrangea
*️⃣ Jatropha - Coral Plant
*️⃣ Justicia - Brazilian Plume
*️⃣ Lonchocarpus violaceus - Lilac Tree
*️⃣ Lonicera - Honeysuckle
*️⃣ Mansoa alliacea - Garlic Vine
*️⃣ Passiflora - Passion Vine
*️⃣ Petrea - Queens Wreath
*️⃣ Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine
*️⃣ Quisqualis Indica - single flower
*️⃣ Senecio confusus - Mexican flame vine
*️⃣ Tecoma and Tecomaria
🛒 Transform your yard into a Butterfly Haven with exotic plants
📚 Learn more:
#Butterfly_Plants
Five best butterfly attractors for a Southern garden
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Butterfly Haven or a Heaven on Earth?
Butterfly on Bougainvillea flowers
Butterfly Haven or a Heaven on Earth?
❓Q: What should I plant in my yard to create a butterfly haven? I love butterflies and want to create a unique butterfly paradise, but I'm looking for something exotic and unusual - nothing like the typical Milkweed or Pentas that everyone recommends. What can you suggest to make my yard stand out from the usual native landscape while still attracting butterflies? I have plenty of space and want something diverse and showy!
‼️ A: In previous posts we introduced many #Butterfly_Plants including Five best butterfly attractors.
In next post you will see the most spectacular tropical and subtropical plants perfect for Southern gardens so you can create a dynamic and colorful butterfly haven. These options are unique, eclectic, and exotic - your flowers will not only be butterfly magnets but will also turn heads with their striking beauty! 👇
🛒 Transform your yard into a Butterfly Haven with exotic plants
#Butterfly_Plants
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❓Q: What should I plant in my yard to create a butterfly haven? I love butterflies and want to create a unique butterfly paradise, but I'm looking for something exotic and unusual - nothing like the typical Milkweed or Pentas that everyone recommends. What can you suggest to make my yard stand out from the usual native landscape while still attracting butterflies? I have plenty of space and want something diverse and showy!
‼️ A: In previous posts we introduced many #Butterfly_Plants including Five best butterfly attractors.
In next post you will see the most spectacular tropical and subtropical plants perfect for Southern gardens so you can create a dynamic and colorful butterfly haven. These options are unique, eclectic, and exotic - your flowers will not only be butterfly magnets but will also turn heads with their striking beauty! 👇
🛒 Transform your yard into a Butterfly Haven with exotic plants
#Butterfly_Plants
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A perfect Summer plant: red bells are hot without bringing heat
Fireball Abutilon - Abutilon darwinii x striatum
🔥 A perfect Summer plant: red bells are hot without bringing heat
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- 🔥 Meet the Fireball Abutilon, a fiery beauty that doesn't burn! This charming hybrid (A. darwinii x striatum), also known as Biltmore Ballgown, shows off glowing red bell flowers with elegant curled petals and bold red veins.
- 🔥 Its maple-like leaves add even more style.
- 🔥 It can grow up to 8-10 ft tall but stays neat with pruning. Loves summer pampering - water, fertilizer, and sunshine. Not a fan of cold snaps, so give it a cozy spot.
- 🔥 It's the perfect plant for turning up the color without turning up the heat!
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Redder than red: when orange wasnt enough, nature made this hottest flower
Senecio confusus variety Sao Paulo, Pseudogynoxis chenopodiode, Bright red Mexican flame vine
💥 Redder than red: when orange wasn't enough, nature made this hottest flower
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- 🔻This vine didn't get the memo about "'just orange"! Senecio confusus variety Sao Paulo (Pseudogynoxis chenopodiodes), or Bright red Mexican flame vine - is our favorite variety of the classic Mexican flame vine here at Top Tropicals. Sao Paulo isn't just orange, it's fire-engine red!
- 🔻Spectacular bright red blooms year-round and thick evergreen leaves that are larger and darker than regular Orange variety; they provide a lush, tropical look. Red variety is also more vigorous than regular Orange Senecio.
- 🔻Fast-growing and easy to train over fences, arbors, or trellises.
- 🔻Drought-tolerant once established and thrives on neglect.
- 🔻Attracts bees, butterflies, and birds
- 🔻A must-have for beginners and collectors alike, this vine delivers a nonstop show of blazing color all winter and beyond.
🛒Bring home the brightest flame vine on the market!
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- • Plant this if you want a vibrant color over your fence quickly
- • Most colorful carpet for your fence
- • Spectacular winter-flowering flame vine that everyone wants
- • A Fiesta of Mexican Flowers for beginners and butterflies
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