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How to have the Deep Purple mood year around

Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry

๐ŸŽธ How to have the Deep Purple mood year around
  • ๐ŸŸฃ Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry - a favorite of shade garden landscapers. This thin, fuzzy, rippled leaf Calathea is very attractive as well as durable. A purple leaf back adds to this plants rich color and texture.
  • ๐ŸŸฃ The upper foliage of Calathea rufibarba is semi-glossy, and olive green. The under side of the foliage, along with the stems are rich burgundy to deep purple!
  • ๐ŸŸฃ The stems are covered with fine purplish-brown hairs.
  • ๐ŸŸฃ Place your Deep Purple Calathea in bright filtered or indirect light.


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What to plant by the pond?

Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia

โ›ฒ๏ธ What to plant by the pond?
  • ๐Ÿ˜ Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia is a classic beauty.
  • ๐Ÿ˜ The heart-shaped, large purple-and-green leaves of Illustris are huge, and their dark highlights are stunning.
  • ๐Ÿ˜ This elephant ear is a lover of moist shade, but does best with a little dappled sunlight.
  • ๐Ÿ˜ It will tolerate boggy conditions.
  • ๐Ÿ˜ Provide light shade to full shade and consistently moist or boggy soil.
  • ๐Ÿ˜ It is a strong fast growing variety that does great in container, landscapes, ponds and patios.


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How to grow your own Chanel #5

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

๐ŸŒž How to grow your own Chanel #5.
  • โœจ Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree is a highly sought-after plant fragrant small tree.
  • โœจIt stays compact with a lovely tree-like shape.
  • โœจ Flowers smell just like the full-size Ylang-Ylang (source of Chanel#5 perfume fragrance), though the fragrance may be lighter in less humid conditions.
  • โœจStarts flowering right away and blooms year-round in warm conditions.
  • โœจ Thrives as a container- and houseplant. Needs bright light for profuse flowering.


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What is the biggest Gardenia flower? Tahitian Gardenia is as big as your hand!

Gardenia taitensis "Heaven Scent"

โœ‹ What is the biggest Gardenia flower? Tahitian Gardenia is as big as your hand!
  • ๐Ÿ’ฎ Gardenia taitensis "Heaven Scent" has a double flower up to 6" in diameter!
  • ๐Ÿ’ฎ This hybrid is very rare and hard to find.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฎ The intoxicating sweet fragrant blossoms are creamy white works of art.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฎ Huge double flowers up to 5-6" in diameter and large glossy oval leaves.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฎ Perfect container plant


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Fun Fact: King Anthurium

Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium

Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium

Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium

Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium

Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium

Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium

๐Ÿ‘‘ Fun Fact: King Anthurium

๐Ÿ”– Crowning its title, Anthurium veitchii - King Anthurium - boasts leaves up to 3 feet long! Majestic houseplant! Very hard to find, rare plant.

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Why Champaka tree is such a popular perfume tree

Joy Perfume tree - Magnolia (Michelia) champaca

๐Ÿ† Why Champaka tree is such a popular perfume tree
  • ๐Ÿต The flowers from Champaka, or Joy Perfume tree (Magnolia (Michelia) champaca) - are used to make the world's most expensive perfume 'Joy' and smell like fruity bubble gum... you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower!
  • ๐Ÿต Sacred tree of India and SE Asia. The flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women.
  • ๐Ÿต The tree is very compact for both landscapes and containers. It has bushy, yet columnar shape. Can be grown in container with minimal pruning.
  • ๐Ÿต Blooms on and off several times a year. Relatively cold hardy, but requires regular watering.


๐ŸŽฅ Yellow Champaka in bloom. This tree is 3 years old.

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Learn more from previous posts:
Flower of the most expensive perfume
White Champaka
Article about Champaka

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Fun Fact: Voodoo Lily

Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily plant

Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily plant

Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower

Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower

Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower

Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, flower

๐Ÿ˜ˆ Fun Fact: Voodoo Lily

๐Ÿ‘น Amorphophallus konjak - Voodoo Lily, blooms from a single corm and releases an unforgettable scent, often compared to rotting meat. Despite its bizarre appearance and smell (that only lasts one day!), it's a showstopper that can easily be grown as a houseplant.

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When Bat Head Devil Flower is in bloom

Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca

๐ŸŒš When Bat Head Devil Flower is in bloom
  • ๐Ÿฆ‡ Tacca Lily - has been in bloom all summer, on an off.
  • ๐Ÿฆ‡ Curious, bat-like inflorescence both in shape and color, with wide spreading, wing-like bracts of rich maroon-black, accompanied by long trailing filaments or "whiskers".
  • ๐Ÿฆ‡ Perfect container plant for a greenhouse. Needs filtered light, prefers high humidity.
  • ๐Ÿฆ‡ Comes in different species and colors: Black, White, Green:

Tacca nivea - White Tacca
Tacca chantrieri - Black Tacca
Tacca leontopetaloides - Green Tacca

๐Ÿ“š Learn more from previous post:
Bat Head - Devil Flower

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What tree to plant for wonderful fragrance?

Magnolia (Michelia) champaca x Alba

๐Ÿ’„ What tree to plant for wonderful fragrance?
  • ๐Ÿต Champaka - Joy Perfume Tree is in full bloom in our garden (in the video: var. Alba). The fragrance is smelled yards away! It is filling the air around.
  • ๐Ÿต The flowers from this tree - Magnolia (Michelia) champaca - are used to make the world's most expensive perfume 'Joy' and smell like fruity bubble gum ๐ŸŽ€... you can't stop sticking your nose in this flower!
  • ๐Ÿต Sacred tree of India and SE Asia, its flowers exude a divine fragrance that is exceedingly pleasing to the Gods... and women.
  • ๐Ÿต Perfect small landscape tree of a columnar shape. Ideal for containers.
  • ๐Ÿต Relatively cold hardy
  • ๐Ÿต Rare collectible, a gem of any plant collection!


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What flower is sweeter than any Jasmine

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense

๐Ÿ’ฅ What flower is sweeter than any Jasmine
  • ๐ŸŒธ Cerbera x manghas - Enchanted Incense: absolutely NEW perfume plant! It is becoming one of the most wanted in rare fragrant plant market.
  • ๐ŸŒธ This amazing flower was originally obtained in Thailand.
  • ๐ŸŒธ Beautiful striped red-and-white flowers are highly fragrant. Fragrance is the most intense you can imagine and is much better than all jasmines and gardenias all together.
  • ๐ŸŒธ The plant is very similar to plumeria in growth habit (and is close related to Plumeria). It grows into a small tree. Unlike Plumeria, it is evergreen in warm climate.
  • ๐ŸŒธ Beautiful mauve colored leaves are very ornamental.
  • ๐ŸŒธ Slow growing, compact plant, great for containers. Very undemanding and has low water needs.


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