🔥 Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf Poinciana.

🟥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, that we mentioned earlier, is probably number 1️⃣ flowering plant that everybody wants in their garden.

🟥 Pride of Barbados, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock flower, Flower Fence - common names speak for themselves.

🟥 National flower of Barbados.

🟥 Comes in different colors - red, yellow, pink, orange...

🟥 Eye-stopper! Showy flowers almost year round.

🟥 Butterfly magnet

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🔥 Everyone wants this showy Butterfly Attractor! Dwarf Poinciana.

🟥 Caesalpinia pulcherrima - Dwarf Poinciana, that we mentioned earlier, is probably number 1 flowering plant that everybody wants in their garden.

🟥 Pride of Barbados, Dwarf Poinciana, Peacock flower, Flower Fence - common names speak for themselves.

🟥 National flower of Barbados.

🟥 Comes in different colors - red, yellow, pink, orange...

🟥 Eye-stopper! Showy flowers almost year round.

🟥 Butterfly magnet

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Medusa's Head Flower - from Greek mythology...

🐙 Strophanthus preussii - Poison Arrow Vine, Medusa Flower - has an intriguing flower!

🐙 The faintly fragrant flowers have long, slender, and curly petals that resemble the snakes on Medusa's head from Greek mythology, giving it the nickname "Medusa Flower." The petals often extend and twist dramatically, creating an eye-catching appearance. The tips of the petals become narrowed and elongated, forming a twisting, sticky string that dangles down from the flower and touches lower leaves.

🐙 The flowers are brightly colored, often in shades of white, yellow, and red, which can attract pollinators and add to their striking visual appeal.

🐙 As suggested by another common name "Poison Arrow Vine," parts of the plant contain toxic compounds. Historically, the seeds were used by some African tribes to poison the tips of arrows for hunting. This gives the plant a certain mystique...

🐙 Interesting pollination mechanism: the elaborate design of the flowers is not just for show; it plays a role in the plant's pollination strategy. The intricate structure can help ensure that pollinators come into contact with the reproductive parts of the flower, thereby facilitating cross-pollination.

🐙 Blooms almost year around

❓ What bizarre plants do you have in your collection? Share in comments👇

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🍔 Hamburger Bean: how to cover a fence fast with an exotic vine: Jade Vine here.

🟡 Mucuna sloanei - Yellow Jade Vine or Hamburger Bean. You saw the Sea-Green Jade vine in our earlier post. This one is lemon yellow.

🟡 It is much more hardier than the Sea-Green variety and is super fast growing!

🟡 This is a high-climbing woody vine native to rain forests of South America.

🟡 It has long, rope-like stalks hanging below the forest canopy where night-flying bats can easily access the fragrant blossoms.

🟡 The name Brown Hamburger Bean is because of the beautiful seeds (looking like little hamburgers) that are often collected and polished by natives and made into lovely necklaces and bracelets.

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🍳 Fragrant Fried Eggs for bees and butterflies 🐝

🟡 Oncoba spinosa - Fried egg tree - is a conversation piece in your garden.

🟡 A medium shrub or small tree.

🟡 Beautiful white and yellow camellia-like flowers look like 'fried eggs' when they drop off and fall on the ground with their yellow stamens facing upwards.

🟡 Flowers are honey-sweet fragrant and attract butterflies and bees.

🟡 The fruits have a sour, edible pulp.

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🍷 Cabernet Allamanda is in full bloom again!

♥️ Allamanda x violacea Cabernet - Wine Red Allamanda that we mentioned earlier - blooms non stop most of the year. We never saw it without flowers! Spectacular vine.

🛒 Add some Cabernet to your garden

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⬆️ The number one seller of tropical flowering shrubs: Tropical Rose Hydrangea.

🌸 Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea is one of the showiest landscape plants and a real showstopper

🌸 Known as the tropical hydrangea due to similar flowers. Flowers are pink to rose in color.

🌸 Blooms from fall to spring. Blooms all winter, providing much-desired color

🌸 Grows up to 7 feet tall and about the same in width. Can be pruned to about 5 feet tall. Does well in a container.

🌸 Thrives in full sun to partial shade, tolerates poor soil. Fuller shrub and more flowers with more sun.
Fairly drought-tolerant once established.

🌸 Serves as a nectar plant for many butterflies

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👑 Do you want an unusual flowering plant for a shady spot? Panama Queen is the winner! 🏆

✴️ Aphelandra sinclairiana - Panama Queen is a very rare plant with extremely tropical look.

✴️ Fragrant flowers have unusual color combination: orange and pink.

✴️ Thrives in semi-shade or shade.

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❤️ What is the most lovable flowering shrub?

Clerodendrums are one of the most favorite and rewarding flowering shrubs and vines for Southern landscape or indoor culture.

❤️ Free flowering, bloom year around

❤️ Undemanding and fast growing

❤️ Take sun or shade

❤️ Many species are fragrant

❤️ Attract butterflies and birds

❤️ Perfect for container culture, compact and manageable plants

❤️ Cold tolerant, quickly recover from cold damage, respond well to pruning.

📚 Clerodendrums mentioned earlier: Seaside Clerodendrum, Red Bleeding Heart, Bleeding Heart Vine, Musical Note, Glory Bower.

🎥 Clerodendrum paniculatum - Pagoda Flower

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Flamingo pink with a fruity fragrance, yet another variety...

💕 This is a single-flower variety of Quisqualis we mentioned earlier.

💕 Quisqualis Indica - Rangoon Creeper - is an extremely beautiful plant.

💕 Shrubby vine with pale-pink to deep crimson star shaped flowers, covering the entire plant when in full bloom.

💕 It's scent is unforgettable, fruity and intoxicating...

💕 The flowers are born in clusters and each flower has many variations of color, depending on how old the flower is.

💕 The flower starts out white and or pink striped and turn solid pink and finally dark pink on maturity.

💕 Can grow into large woody vine covering a fence or big trellis.

🛒 Get your own Quisqualis vine

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