Garden Blog - Top Tropicals
Date: 1 Jul 2025
Napoleons Plume - Orchid Tree that blooms in a pot
Bauhinia monandra - Napoleons Plume Orchid Tree in bloom
🌸 Napoleons Plume - Orchid Tree that blooms in a pot
🦋 Bauhinia monandra - Napoleons Plume Orchid Tree - is a breathtaking tropical tree with flowers that truly resemble delicate orchids, and leaves folding like butterfly wings. It is one of he most impressive varieties of orchid trees.
🦋 Each blossom starts off pale yellow and transforms to soft pink by the next day, with the center petal beautifully streaked in magenta - a unique color shift that makes the tree look like it's blooming in multiple shades at once. When in bloom, it's covered in these showy flowers, creating a dazzling display.
🦋 Despite its exotic look, this tree is surprisingly well-suited for containers. It can be easily kept trimmed and compact, with seedlings often blooming when just 2 feet tall. While it's sensitive to cold, growing it in a container makes it easy to move indoors during chilly weather. This makes Bauhinia monandra the perfect choice for gardeners who want a tropical tree that delivers nonstop visual impact in a manageable size.
🦋How to enjoy the orchid flowers and butterfly foliage of Bauhinia right on your patio or balcony? Choose the right variety. More bauhinia species suitable for containers: B. galpinii, B. madagascariensis, B. monandra, B. alba (candida), B. acuminata, B. bidentata, B. blakeana, B. grandidieri and many others.
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How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
Bauhinias: trees with Orchid Flowers and Butterfly Wings
Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings...
Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree
Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia
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🦋 Bauhinia monandra - Napoleons Plume Orchid Tree - is a breathtaking tropical tree with flowers that truly resemble delicate orchids, and leaves folding like butterfly wings. It is one of he most impressive varieties of orchid trees.
🦋 Each blossom starts off pale yellow and transforms to soft pink by the next day, with the center petal beautifully streaked in magenta - a unique color shift that makes the tree look like it's blooming in multiple shades at once. When in bloom, it's covered in these showy flowers, creating a dazzling display.
🦋 Despite its exotic look, this tree is surprisingly well-suited for containers. It can be easily kept trimmed and compact, with seedlings often blooming when just 2 feet tall. While it's sensitive to cold, growing it in a container makes it easy to move indoors during chilly weather. This makes Bauhinia monandra the perfect choice for gardeners who want a tropical tree that delivers nonstop visual impact in a manageable size.
🦋How to enjoy the orchid flowers and butterfly foliage of Bauhinia right on your patio or balcony? Choose the right variety. More bauhinia species suitable for containers: B. galpinii, B. madagascariensis, B. monandra, B. alba (candida), B. acuminata, B. bidentata, B. blakeana, B. grandidieri and many others.
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📚 Learn more about Orchid trees:
How to grow Orchid Trees in pots
Bauhinias: trees with Orchid Flowers and Butterfly Wings
Why Bauhinias are called Orchid Trees: orchid flowers with butterfly wings...
Bauhinia blakeana - Hong Kong Orchid Tree
Bauhinia galpinii (punctata) - Pride of De Kaap or Nasturtium Bauhinia
#Container_Garden #How_to #Trees
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Date: 30 Jun 2025
Looking forward to harvest
🌳 Looking forward to harvest
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson.
🐈📸 Bob is harvesting Bay Leaves at TopTropicals
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Date: 30 Jun 2025
Turn up the color in your garden with the bold everblooming Brazilian plume
♨️ Turn up the color in your garden with the bold everblooming Brazilian plume
❣️Looking to add nonstop color, tropical flair for shade or sun, and pollinator appeal to your garden?
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian plume or Red Cloak, is the ultimate show-stopper shrub that takes both sun or shade.
❣️ With its big, bold leaves and eye-catching crimson-to-mauve flower spikes, this plant brings exotic beauty - without the need for a steamy jungle.
❣️The best part? It's surprisingly cold hardy. This lush-looking tropical can handle brief dips into the 30s (F), making it a top pick for USDA zones 9-11. Plant it in full sun or partial shade, and with regular watering, it rewards you with a steady burst of blooms that butterflies and hummingbirds can't resist.
❣️Reaching 5-7 ft tall in the ground, it fills out beautifully to anchor beds or soften fences. In colder regions, it can still thrive in large pots - just give it a sheltered spot, bring it indoors when temperatures drop, and enjoy its vivid flower show all winter long.
❣️If you want a garden that doesn’t fade with the season, the Brazilian plume delivers color, volume, and wildlife appeal - all year round.
🛒 Make your garden pop with color of Brazilian plume
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Date: 30 Jun 2025
Turn up the color in your garden with the bold everblooming Brazilian plume
♨️ Turn up the color in your garden with the bold everblooming Brazilian plume
❣️Looking to add nonstop color, tropical flair for shade or sun, and pollinator appeal to your garden?
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys - Brazilian plume or Red Cloak, is the ultimate show-stopper shrub that takes both sun or shade.
❣️ With its big, bold leaves and eye-catching crimson-to-mauve flower spikes, this plant brings exotic beauty - without the need for a steamy jungle.
❣️The best part? It's surprisingly cold hardy. This lush-looking tropical can handle brief dips into the 30s (F), making it a top pick for USDA zones 9-11. Plant it in full sun or partial shade, and with regular watering, it rewards you with a steady burst of blooms that butterflies and hummingbirds can't resist.
❣️Reaching 5-7 ft tall in the ground, it fills out beautifully to anchor beds or soften fences. In colder regions, it can still thrive in large pots - just give it a sheltered spot, bring it indoors when temperatures drop, and enjoy its vivid flower show all winter long.
❣️If you want a garden that doesn’t fade with the season, the Brazilian plume delivers color, volume, and wildlife appeal - all year round.
🛒 Make your garden pop with color of Brazilian plume
#Hedges_with_benefits #Butterfly_Plants
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Date: 30 Jun 2025
Shooting Star Gardenia: a rare scent from Africa
Gardenia nitida (Posoqueria), Shooting Star Gardenia
⭐️ Shooting Star Gardenia: a rare scent from Africa
⭐️ Gardenia nitida (Posoqueria), Shooting Star Gardenia - is a rare African treasure prized for its star-like tubular flowers and rich, intoxicating fragrance.
⭐️ Blooming sporadically throughout the year, this plant puts on a dazzling show when in bloom - often covered in clusters of white blossoms that light up the garden like stars.
⭐️ Its leaves are unusually shaped and add to its exotic charm. It is a must-have for fragrance lovers and rare plant collectors.
🛒 Bring the stars with scent to your garden
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