Ficus pumila:
you won't believe these leaves and fruit!..
by Alex Butova, the Witch of Herbs and Cats
...If you visited tropical and subtropical countries, you probably have seen this curious plant covering fences and walls and even whole
buildings, looking like an ivy... But if you looked closer, you might have noticed something unbelievable about this plant... Do these small tiny leaves, and these large
glossy leaves, and these fig-like fruit too... do they all belong to the same plant?!.. No way!..
Ed's Avocado seedling blooming at age 2.5 years old... Go figure!
Q: Can I plant a seed from a store bought avocado and expect it
to bear fruit?
A: Avocados grown from seed do not always come true, meaning being the same as the avocado that produced the seed being planted. Also, avocados grown from
seed will take upwards of 8 years to flower and bear fruit unless grown by Ed Jones and his witchcraft. Ed Jones, the Avocado Guy... Yes,
he is also the Mango Guy, and the Booster Guy... We don't know how he does it. He grows the most beautiful fruit trees, many of them from seed and they all
seem to flower within two years! (See his blogs about his Star Fruit, Olive trees, and video about Shaping Mango Trees). All we know for sure, he uses
Sunshine Boosters for all his plant experiments.
As far as Avocado
, we recommend a grafted variety, where a scion, or branch tip, of a known cultivar is grafted to good rootstock. These trees will usually flower right away and bear good amount of fruit within a couple
of years of being planted in the ground.
It's a good chance now to get a good grafted Avocado on our special Happy Value Sale while supply lasts, for only $59.95.
Happy Value Avocados
Limited 2 trees per customer. Limited time offer, while supply lasts.
Saving on your favorite plants is Easy.
Easy like Sunday Morning...
..."A ' ohe loa i ka hana a ke aloha.
Distance is ignored by love..."
- Toni Polancy -
It's time for our favorite day and another Easy stroll through Top
Tropicals Garden with savings of
50% and MORE!
Put a little Aloha in your garden....
Two Exotics from Paradise
It may be cold where you are, so take a trip with us to the Hawaiian Islands. Tropical breezes,
soothing ocean waves and an unbeatable selection of tropical plant treasures...
This week we bring the Aloha to you. A guava that will bring a taste of the
Islands and a spectacular variety of Majestic Taro.
Dwarf Guava Hawaiian Rainbow
- Ready to fruit this year! -
This is a very small version of the favorite aromatic Guava - Hawaiian Rainbow Nana. It grows only up to 5-6 ft tall, perfect for limited space. It can be grown in a pot and fruits heavily almost year around. The flesh is sweet, aromatic, and varies from white to yellow to pink.
Colocasia Diamond Head
- Large Developed plants! -
Diamond Head is a spectacular variety of Taro is named after the volcanic cone on the Hawaiian island of Oahu - both the cone and plant are black and lustrous! Mature plants form a well-behaved clump and reach 3 to 4 feet tall, with leaves up to 2 feet wide! A must for black plant fanatics. Grows more compact that other Colocasias and no two leaves are the same!
Strobilanthes, Chinese Rain Bell
- a source of Blue, Green, and Purple...
by Alex Butova, the Witch of Herbs and Cats
...Spectacular, elegant, fountain-like small shrub, featuring thin
arching branches covered with pink bell flowers from Fall throughout Winter and
Spring. And yet is has a rich history of use: extensive medicinal properties as
well as a source of the famous dye Assam Indigo. The leaves and stems
contain indican, used in production of the classic Blue Indigo Dye. A dark Blue dye is obtained
from the twigs. It is combined with Turmeric (Curcuma longa) to make Green, and with Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) to make Purple...
...Cold hardy, compact, yet fast growing and easy, it makes a wonderful container specimen even for beginners...
Variety Lula is renowned for its ability to
endure harsh winters, and for its exceptionally long harvesting period. More frost resistant than most, successful in Central and South Florida where it is a formerly the leading commercial cultivar. An exceptional choice for homeowners around Orlando and Central Florida. The fruit is pear-shaped, sometimes with a neck, medium-large, the skin almost smooth. Flesh is pale to greenish-yellow. The Oil content 12-16%. Seed is large, tight. Production season is medium-late (November-December). The tree grows tall, bears early and heavily. This variety was originated from seed from a parent tree planted in 1915 by Mrs. Lula Cellon at Miami, Florida.
Avocado Marcus Pumpkin
Very rare and hard to find variety! Marcus Pumpkin Avocado - Green, Large, and Round. It is so unique in its shape: it has a pumpkin shaped fruit 30-40 oz, fruiting time October through November. Very good creamy flavor. It is hard to eat the whole one at once because of its size!
Limited 2 trees per customer. Limited time offer,
while supply lasts.
Saving on your favorite plants is Easy.
Easy like Sunday Morning...
Photo above: Duck Dobi can't believe this deal!
It's time for our favorite day and another Easy stroll through Top Tropicals Garden with savings of 50% and MORE!
We are not figging!
Get our two most popular fig trees for only $19 each or
$34 for both!
This week it's all about figs. Delicious fruit; make a great indoor or
patio plant; cold hardy, and grow with little attention. The fig was one of the first plants ever to be cultivated by humans!
Top health benefits of figs
(from webmd.com):
Reduce high blood pressure;
Improve digestion;
Increase bone density;
Satisfy your sweet cravings...
Wake up to the smell of Coffee...
New Video:
Grow your own Coffee plant - Free Coffee
Everyday!
In this video we talk about growing Coffee easily in your own yard.
Coffee is the best gift plant and perfect house plant or container
fruit tree. The white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers are clustered and resemble
gardenias to which they are related. The whole fruit is edible, it is a small
fleshy berry changing in color from green to yellow to red. The seeds are the
actual "coffee beans" as they called, they can easily be dried, roasted and
ground at home. The most common coffee is Coffea arabica; other varieties
include Coffea catura - Dwarf Coffee Nanico and Coffea Kona - Hawaiian Coffee
Tree Mauna Loa.
Stay updated with TopTropicals Videos by subscribing to our channel at
YouTube.com/TopTropicals
and get our latest video news of what is fruiting and blooming!
Gmelina philippensis - Parrots Beak. An extraordinary fountain-like shrub
with pendant branches, large long leaves and exotic flowers comprised of
yellow blossoms which emerge at the end of a tube-like structure of overlapping
bracts. The flower resembles parrot's beak!
#4. Royal Queens Wreath
Petrea - Royal Queens Wreath, Tropical Wisteria. Spectacular tall
clusters of purple flowers similar to those of Wisteria come in racemes reaching
over 1 foot long!
#3. Chinese Hat
Holmskioldia sanguinea - Bronze Chinese hat. Rare variety with
orange-bronze flowers. Unique flowers are the main interest: each is a narrow tube
backed by a broad, circular calyx, just like an oriental hat!
#2. Jacaranda
Jacaranda - all-time favorite winter flowering tree. Hypnotizing
bluish-purple, trumpet-like flowers create the magical image of the tree...
#1. Royal Poinciana
Delonix regia - Royal Poinciana, Flamboyant. one of the most popular
tropical trees covered with bright red orchid-like flowers from late winter
through early summer. A must for any tropical garden, this tree however requires
space since it spreads its branches 30-40 ft wide or more.
Easy Sunday Morning Deals: Five Tropical Garden favorites for 2022
Saving on your favorite plants is Easy. Easy like Sunday Morning...
"...The ticking of the hands of your watch are telling you how time is passing away, never to return. Listen to it..."
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic
As we welcome the New Year, we bring you our special Happy New Year edition of Easy Sunday Savings. For this weekend only, you can save -
$2 off every item!
You choose the items you like and you save on every one of them. Easy as that!
All orders over $75 (excluding S&H) are eligible for $2
off every item, use Coupon Code at checkout:
HAPPYNEWYEAR
Min. order $75. Exp. 1-2-22
Tropical Colors for the New Year
This New Year, resolve to add color into your garden and into your life.
Today we feature five Tropical Garden favorites for 2022.
1. Bolivian Sunset
Gloxinia sylvatica - Bolivian Sunset. Low growing perennial that will always surprise you with a sudden burst of scarlet blooms in
Fall-Winter.
2. Dwarf Tibouchina
Tibouchina lepidota - Jules Dwarf. So much purple for such a small compact plant! Relatively cold tolerant.
3. Tropical Hydrangea
Dombeya seminole - Tropical Rose Hydrangea. All time favorite that blooms for several months from Fall through Winter.
4. Cranberry Hibiscus
Hibiscus acetosella - African Cranberry Hibiscus. Super fast growing colorful shrub with beautiful flowers and edible leaves.
5. Burgundy Thread
Alternanthera dentata - Red Thread Burgundy. Ultimate fast growing
groundcover for sun or shade, any soil and any water, any size of garden, cold- and heat-tolerant.
The Easy New Year Deal expires at midnight Sunday,
January 2nd, 2022.
Enjoy your Hot Deal!
...A compact grower, this happy plant takes both sun and shade, and
thrives nearly in any conditions and soils... From afar, we see its smiling,
sunny, happy flower faces dotted with magenta-purple freckles, reverberating in
the showering sunlight... The low growing bushes cheer you with a cascade of
their star-flower fireworks. And the bonus part is - striking leaves: papery,
narrow, metallic-green with bright mauve underneath in attractive trailing
clumps. The combination of pinkish flowers with splashes of purple and these
unusual leaves make this plant quite unique. Australians say that presence of
these plants in the garden removes anxiety and calms your nerves...
