♀️ Why the shamans call Ayahuasca "vine of the soul"
Banisteriopsis caapi, known as Ayahuasca, is the key ingredient in the traditional Amazonian brew revered as the "vine of the soul." Used in sacred rituals for its hallucinogenic and healing properties, it cleanses the body and spirit while serving as a profound teacher in indigenous ceremonies.
Allamanda violacea - rare variety GoldenIndonesian Sunset. Flowers are multi-colored with bronze/golden highlights, some gardeners call it Mandarin Allamanda. Very showy flower, slightly fragrant.
❓ What colors of Allamanda do you have? Share in comments👇
How big is Giant Granadilla fruit and does it come from a Passion Vine?
Passiflora quadrangularis - Giant Granadilla Fruit
🍆 How big is Giant Granadilla fruit and does it come from a Passion Vine?
Passiflora quadrangularis - Giant Granadilla Fruit is one of the species of a Passion Vine. Known for its impressive fruits and exotic flowers, it offers numerous benefits to gardeners.
☸️ Edible Fruit is impressive in size: 6-12 inches in length; it can weigh between 2 to 4 pounds! Though some may grow even larger under optimal conditions.👀
Granadilla fruits that are not only delicious but also rich in vitamins and nutrients.
☸️ Showy Flowers: Produces large, fragrant flowers with intricate designs
☸️ Attracts Pollinators: The flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, promoting a healthy garden ecosystem.
☸️ Vigorous Grower: This vine grows rapidly and can cover trellises, fences, and pergolas, providing lush greenery and shade within just one season.
☸️ The fruits can be eaten fresh, juiced, or used in desserts and culinary dishes
☸️ Medicinal Properties: Traditionally used in some cultures for its potential health benefits, including digestive aid and anti-inflammatory properties.
☸️ Heat Tolerant: Thrives in warm climates and is relatively drought-tolerant once established.
📚 Learn more about Passion fruit and vine from previous posts:
💻 "I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers." - Claude Monet
📸 Pyrostegia venusta - Flame Vine, is a stunning winter bloomer native to Florida. Its vibrant orange flowers resemble a fiery cascade, blanketing the tops of trees where the vine climbs. The tubular blossoms form dense clusters, creating a striking, flame-like appearance that stands out against the winter landscape, making it a spectacular sight during the cooler months.
❓ What is your favorite tropical vine? Share in comments👇
Clerodendrum philippinum - Cashmere Bouquet, Scent Malli
💮 How to grow fragrant Cashmere Bouquet
💐Clerodendrum philippinum - Cashmere Bouquet, Scent Malli - is one of the most popular Indian fragrant flowers.
💐 Fast growing bush with lush tropical foliage and very fragrant white flowers, carnation-like, coming in big clusters.
💐 Shade tolerant, great for shade gardens and as an indoor plant to enjoy tropical fragrance year around.
💐 This plant is fast growing in right conditions and can spread runners. Plant it in isolated corner or in keep in a pot unless you want to have a large size hedge in no time just from one plant within couple seasons...
💛 Allamanda williamsii - Stansils Double Gold has unusual double flowers! This vining shrub can be very compact unlike common Allamanda vines (that can become quite massive). You can trim it into a small bush, or let it grow over a fence or trellis.
💛 Stansils Double Gold is very attractive ever-blooming vine with bright yellow double trumpet-like flowers 3"wide, slightly fragrant, blooming year-round.
💛 Grows well in most soils. Keep fairly dry during winter and prune in spring before growth begins.
🎀 What is our most favorite Ginger plant? African Princess!
👸 The most beautiful Ginger flower, in our opinion, is Costus fissiligulatus - African Princess, or Cameroon Costus - an amazing flowering Ginger from Gabon in West Africa.
👸 Dazzling pink trumpet flower with a yellow throat. It is very floriferous with an inflorescence of numerous flower buds.
👸 Low-growing plant only 3-4 ft that stands very erect.
👸 Easy grower with similar growing requirements to other gingers.
💻 What is your most favorite ginger? Share in comments!
😍 How to cover an ugly spot with a fragrance and and beauty, stop and smell the roses
🌹 Our Quisqualis vine - Rangoon Creeper - has grown over a roof of our water treatment system (which wasn't the prettiest view!). Now every time we pass by we have to "stop and smell the roses". It is so beautiful, and it does smell like roses!
🌹 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.
