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Neem tree - used cosmetically and medicinally by many cultures for centuries, also offers an environmentally safe alternative to synthetic pesticides.

Dwarf variety of Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow. Very compact bushy shrub, 2-3 ft tall. The fragrant flowers open purple, fade to lavender, then white. Very rare brunfelsia, collectable item.
See article about Brunfelsias: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil.

Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Kiss-me-quick. Showy flowers changing color from purple though pink to white within 3 days. Takes sun or shade.
See article about Brunfelsias: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil.

This plant is a great container/house plant and perfect fragrant colorful flower for shade garden!
This evergreen shrub is slow growing and has a dwarf compact habit. In bloom it is very dramatic: abundant fragrant flowers open rich purple and fade to mauve and white over a few days, all through spring and early summer.
See article about Brunfelsias: Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil.

Collectable variety of Canna Lily with bright red flowers and burgundy leaves. Each stem will produce blooms year round when mature. Adds instant color in mixed containers or landscapes. Perennial growing up to 6-7 ft, with long narrow leaves and showy red flowers. Tolerates flooding, grows well along waterline. Used in seed jewelry. This species is also used for necklaces and rosaries in India.

New variety of exotic Desert Rose with purple-and-cream swirled color of flowers, very unusual!

Easter Lily Cactus is native to Brazil and Argentina. It is a globular cactus that produces splendid night-blooming, white fragrant flowers up to 10" long.

Peregrina is an evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy leaves and clusters of star shaped bright scarlet flowers about 1 in across that are borne in multi-flowered terminal clusters almost all year round. Compacta is a smaller, more compact cultivar. Peregrina is tolerant of a wide variety of soils as long as they are well drained. Blooms on the current year's growth so it can be pruned at any time of the year.

Jatropha (Gout plant) is an attention grabber and a must in every tropical garden. It has a large bottle-like caudex and huge leaves up to 10-12 inches in diameter. The more shade, the bigger the leaves. Great natural bonsai. Makes a good potted plant but can also be used as a conversation piece specimen in a small garden.

Laos Silver Stripe is certainly one of the most beautiful of all the Kaempferia angustifolia cultivars. It is one of the large types and have boldly striped leaves of green and silver. The flowers are typical for the species, orchid shaped white and purple flowers that most often occur towards the beginning of the season. This hard to find variety is a must for any Peacock Ginger collector!
The Kaempferia angustifolia complex is full of many cultivars and wild forms that range from tiny green leaf plants, the size and shape of the leaves varies greatly between cultivars as well.

Chinaberry tree. Small tree, with lilac-purple flowers in a loose long clusters, which have sweet vanilla-like fragrance. The tree is very cold hardy (reported up to zone 7), can stand frost. Fast growing shade tree with ornamental "architectural" leaves, looks beautiful in landscape. Can double the size in just one season. Mature tree is not too tall, medium size 20-25 ft.

Noni - a world-famous medicinal fruit. Large leaves, very tropical look, quick to fruit. This is a perfect tree for container and indoors. Will fruit indoors year round, has large beautiful ornamental leaves. Tropical look plus medicinal use! Tolerates shade. See picture of the fruiting tree in 7 gal pot.
See picture of the plant for sale
See VIDEO: Doctor Noni.
Download pdf of Noni Article from Tropical Treasures Magazine.

Starfish Flower, Giant Toad Flower, Carrion Flower. This spine-free succulent, Stapelia gigantea, is one of the plant world's giants and belongs to the milkweed family. It thrives in dry desert areas from Tanzania to South Africa. Its name "Carrion" comes from its unique scent that's similar to rotting meat, attracting pollinating flies who find the aroma irresistible. The standout feature of this plant is its large, fleshy star-shaped flowers, flaunting pale ochre-yellow petals with thin maroon lines. It blooms in the fall when daylight hours shorten. Despite its unusual smell, it makes for a stunning container plant with its 4-angled, succulent stems that grow upright to 8-12" before sprawling sideways. Plants in the ground can reach up to 24" wide. When it seeds, each pod looks like a mini milkweed parachute. Let's also appreciate its interesting background - the genus name honors Dutch physician Johannes Bodaeus van Stapel from the 1600s.
See video: Bizzare starfish flower - Stapelia gigantea.

Carambola (Starfruit) var Bell. The fruit is large, round shape, golden color, sweet and crispy.
Small symmetrical tree. Fruits very prolifically. Fruit is star-shaped when cut across the middle. It has a sweet, watery, slightly acid, pleasant tasting pulp. Eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes, in drinks or preserved. Mature trees may survive light frost but young trees must be protected from frost and especially - wind. The plant will fruit in container even when in small size (2-3 ft). Season: August - March.

Carambola variety Sri Kembangan - Thai variety with elongated fruit, 5-6 inches long, bright yellow-orange flesh, very sweet and juicy. Firm flesh and few seeds make it excellent dessert fruit.
Small symmetrical tree. Fruits very prolifically. Fruit is star-shaped when cut across the middle. It has a sweet, watery, slightly acid, pleasant tasting pulp. Eaten fresh, in salads, as garnishes, in drinks or preserved. Mature trees may survive light frost but young trees must be protected from frost and especially - wind. The plant will fruit in container even when in small size (2-3 ft). Season: August - March.

Want a fruit tree that will produce for you right away? That's the one. Strawberry tree, jam tree, Cotton Candy berry. One of the most profuse and rewarding fruiting trees! From spring to fall, you will harvest 2 crops a day once the plant is established, in full sun and has enough water. Drought tolerant, but needs regular watering to establish. Easy to grow, fast growing tree, requires almost no care. Sensitive to freeze. Grows well in containers.

Pink Strobilanthes, Chinese Rain Bell, Vein Leaf Acanthus. Impressively statured herbaceous shrub with thickened veins and bright pink flowers. Very showy plant. relatively cold tolerant.
See article about this plant: Strobilanthes, Chinese Rain Bell - a source of Blue, Green, and Purple.

Smells like roses! Climbing oleander, Cream Fruit - Rose-like fragrance is outstanding! An accessory to your garden. Umbels of soft pink flowers with a burgundy throat.

Pink Neon Syngonium is a beautiful plant that is easy to care for. It is so beautiful and impressive, every Aroid plant expert or houseplant enthusiast should have in their collection.
These subtropical climbers are a super versatile species, able to happily grow as a bushy houseplant, an outdoor vine or as a terrarium plant. The size and growth pattern of this plant is heavily shaped by its environment, but you can still expect the pink arrowhead vine to grow vigorously even in a terrarium. The juvenile leaves of the pink syngonium strongly exhibit that characteristic arrowhead shape, but you can expect them to change a lot as they mature. The leaves of fully grown plants actually develop into broad multilobed shapes where the arrow softens and widens, but you can expect to wait a long time for this to happen.

With its fragrant white flowers of a beautiful shape and very dark green waxy leaves, elongated and pointed, this plant is an amazing addition to a rare fragrant plant collection.
Slow growing, and low growing bush which makes it very valuable for landscape understory. It can be trimmed and maintained in small size 3-4 ft; however if you let it go it will grow into very attractive, dense and bushy specimen up to 5-6 ft tall. Great specimen, accent plant, and container plant.
This rare species of Tabernaemontana is often confused with T. divaricata (commonly known as Pinwheel Jasmine) and T. orientalis (Banana Bush). However this Australian relative of Pinwheen Jasmine plant has its own distinctive features, and flowers look more like T. africana, although smaller size (1" in diameter).
Learn more: How to establish Tabernaemontana and get more fragrant blooms

Physic Nut, Purging Nut. This pretty landscape bush is also used to produce the non-edible Jatropha oil, for making candles and soap, and as a feedstock for the production of biodiesel.

Rare variety: Striped Philippine violet, Crested philippine violet. Very showy fall/winter bloomer. Cold hardy.

Lemon Bay Rum Tree, Citrus Bay - all plant parts have strong lemon scent, very pleasant and relaxing. One of the rarest plants, cuttings are hard to root.
Bay Rum is a small sized tree related to the Allspice, with leaves containing and aromatic oil that somewhat resembles clove oil. This essential oil is distilled from the leaves and is used in perfumes. A type of cologne named 'Bay Rum' was historically made in the early 20th century by distilling the oil using rum and water, hence the common name of the plant. Leaves of can be used in cooking and tea. For generations, Bay Rum has been used in folk medicine. This spice scent will be with you right away and will stay all the time, don't have to wait till bloom or fruit...

Easter Lily Vine, Heralds Trumpet, Nepal Trumpet Flower. One of the most impressive climbing plants - woody vine with large fragrant white flowers resembling lilies, and lush tropical foliage.
The flowers of this species are longer than B. murtonii.
See article about Beaumontia grandiflora - Easter Lily Vine, and how to how to create a fragrant privacy fence of virtually unlimited size.

Winter Starburst, Fireworks. Large bush or small tree with showy dark green leaves with purple underneath; spectacular winter blooms. Flowers are slightly fragrant. Fast growing.