🔥 Fire on top of the tree! What is it bursting with orange brilliance? Meet Colvilles Glory.

🧡 Colvillea racemosa, also known as Colvilles Glory, is a stunning specimen tree renowned for its vibrant orange flowers that bloom in fall.

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  🟠 Fast growing tree able to reach heights of 30-50 ft
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  🟠 Striking addition to any landscape where you need to grow a tree quickly.
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  🟠 Fern-like foliage that may shed in cooler winters offers a captivating display with its long inflorescences and bright yellow stamens.
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  🟠 Drought-tolerant and resistant to pests.
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  🟠 Easy-to-care-for and relatively cold hardy.

🛒 Add some color to your garden with Colvilles Glory

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🐈 Cat of the day: Niki

Our new comer Niki on Mom's hat shelf, all they way up at the ceiling... 🤡
"Mom, help me to get down!"
"How did you manage to get that high without a ladder?"😳

Good night and we hope you all had a happy Mothers Day!🌜🙀💐

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🍇 How Blue Jaboticaba is different from regular Jaboticaba?

In fact, they are very much alike! Just different species of Myrciaria that has somewhat smaller growth habit, which makes it an excellent container fruit tree! It also is much more productive.

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  🔵 Blue Jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria vexator is a beautiful slow growing tree or shrub. It bears dark purple, almost bluish fruits, with thin, sweet flesh that taste somewhat like sweet grapes.
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  🔵 Fruits are borne in late Spring or early Fall and usually eaten fresh or used in drinks.
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  🔵 The plant is little known in cultivation, yet the fruits are of equal or superior quality to regular Jaboticaba that we mentioned earlier. A single bush may produce several thousand fruits!
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  🔵 Blue Jaboticaba can tolerate light frost when established.

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🌺 How to get rid of pests on Hibiscus?

Hibiscus flowers are beautiful but the plants are also... tasty! So they can face a variety of pests, including:

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  · Aphids: small insects cluster on new growth, sucking sap from the plant and causing distortion or yellowing of leaves.
• · Whiteflies: look like tiny moths and can be found on the undersides of leaves, sucking plant juices.
• · Spider Mites: can form webs on the undersides of leaves and cause discoloration and stippling.
• · Thrips: slender insects that feed on flower buds and young leaves, causing them to become distorted and discolored.
• · Scales: small, immobile bumps on stems and leaves, sucking sap and weakening the plant.

🧯 Treatment methods:

1. Pruning: Remove heavily infested parts of the plant and dispose of them properly to prevent the spread of pests.
2. Natural Predators: Introduce beneficial insects like ladybugs, lacewings, or wasps, which prey on common garden pests.
3. Horticultural Oils: Neem oil or insecticidal soap can be effective against soft-bodied pests like aphids, mealybugs, and spider mites. Sunshine Nobug is a perfect organic solution that contains oil and soap.
4. Water Spray: Regularly spraying your hibiscus with a strong stream of water can help dislodge pests like aphids and whiteflies from the plant.
5. Systemic Insecticides: These are chemicals absorbed by the plant, making it toxic to insects feeding on it. However, use them cautiously and follow the instructions to minimize harm to beneficial insects and the environment.

❗️Always monitor your hibiscus plants closely for signs of pest infestation, and take prompt action to prevent damage. Regular maintenance, such as proper watering and fertilizing, can also help keep plants healthy and more resistant to pests 🕷🐛

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♥️ Happy Mothers Day!

"In every smile, in every tear, a mother's love forever near."

🛒 Get your mother some flowers 💐 or Gift Certificate for flowers! 🎫

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🐈 Cat of the Day - Snitch.

Snitch is our office helper and herbs expert.

"Make sure to tell your cats all the truth about Catnip"

Get some herb tea and have a good sleep!🌜

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🥬 18 most popular herbs: where to use each herb? 🍲

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  🌿 Arugula - Green salads, pasta sauce
• 🌿 Balm - Iced drinks, salads, poultry stuffing
• 🌿 Basil - Tomato salad, any past dish? home-made pesto, garnish
• 🌿 Catnip - Sauces and stews, for tea
• 🌿 Chervil - Soups, green salads, as a garnish
• 🌿 Chives - Cream cheese, potato salad, green salads, sauces
• 🌿 Cilantro - Stews, rice, salads, salsa
• 🌿 Dill - Fish dishes, pickles, ptato salad
• 🌿 Lemon grass - Oriental stir-fry, for tea
• 🌿 Marjoram - Italian dishes, stews, soups
• 🌿 Mint - Add to potatoes, peas, cucumber, carrots, mint sauce, mint tea
• 🌿 Oregano - Italian and Greek dishes, green salad
• 🌿 Parsley - Butters, pasta dishes, as garnish
• 🌿 Rosemary - BBQ, roast lamb/chicken, fish, fried/baked potatoes
• 🌿 Sage - Stuffing, add to poultry, mix with cream cheese
• 🌿 Sorrel - Soup, serve with fish, pastries
• 🌿 Tarragon - Fish, chicken, sauces
• 🌿 Thyme - Stocks and stews, add to pasta

📸 Basil, Catnip, Rosemary, Oregano, Cilantro, Sage, Terragon, Lemon grass, Mint, Thyme

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☕️ What is the most popular and the easiest tropical fruit tree grown as a house plant?

No doubt about it - it's a Coffee tree!

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  🔸 Coffee is the most popular fruit tree suitable for indoors.
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  🔸 Coffee is shade loving plant, easy to grow, providing regular water.
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  🔸 Coffee grows into a beautiful dark green shrub or small tree.
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  🔸 The white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers are clustered and resemble gardenias to which they are related.
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  🔸 The whole fruit is edible, it is a small fleshy berry changing in color from green to yellow to red.
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  🔸 The seeds are the actual "coffee beans", they can easily be dried, roasted and ground at home.

🎁 Coffee is a perfect gift plant and a great indoor container fruit tree.

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🦋 Why Dutchman's Pipe is the best butterfly attracting vine? Smell it!

Without any doubt, Aristolochia, or Dutchman's Pipe, is one of the best butterfly plants.

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  🍃 Aristolochia trilobata - Birthwort Dutchman's Pipe is celebrated for its unique and intricate flowers that resemble Dutch smoking pipes, hence its name.
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  🍃Dutchman's Pipe flowers emit a scent mimicking decaying matter, which certain butterfly species, like the Pipevine Swallowtail, find irresistible 💩🙄
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  🍃The butterflies lay their eggs on the plant, as it serves as a suitable host for their larvae, contributing to the plant's ecological significance by promoting pollination and biodiversity.
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  🍃 As a result, it not only beautifies gardens but also supports local butterfly populations, enriching the ecosystem.
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  🍃 Beyond its distinctive appearance, it's valued for its historical use in traditional medicine, particularly for its alleged healing properties.

🛒 🦋 Bring butterflies to your garden!

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🐈 Watch out! Cats will do this to you!

If you are thinking to buy a Pet Repeller Mat for your cat(s) to keep them away from unwanted places, think twice! They may turn it into a circus tent! 🎪 🤡

Good night and we hope you have a peaceful sleep!🌜🙀😼

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