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When you need a Bottlebrush right now

Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.)

💥 When you need a Bottlebrush right now
  • 💖 Bottlebrush Tree (Callistemon spp.) is in full bloom right now!
  • 💖 It is a striking, low-maintenance tree with fiery red, brush-like blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
  • 💖 Bottlebrush is a carefree dream tree: tolerates both heat and cold (hardy to zone 8), and is drought-resistant once established.
  • 💖 Its vibrant flowers and unique texture make it perfect as a focal point, hedge, or standalone specimen.
  • 💖 With varieties like the compact Little John, ideal for containers at just 4 feet tall, this tree brings year-round beauty and pollinator activity to any landscape.


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What is the most fragrant Brunfelsia?

Brunfelsias, often referred to as Lady of the Night

💐 What is the most fragrant Brunfelsia?

*The most fragrant Brunfelsias, often referred to as Lady of the Night, are the creamy-white varieties. These flowers begin to release their sweet, captivating aroma at sunset and continue to fill the air with fragrance throughout the night.

*Brunfelsias are wonderful shade-loving, compact flowering shrubs, making them perfect for adding beauty to shaded areas or for growing in containers.

*The most popular white Brunfelsias are: B, americana, B. nitida, B. lactea, B. manaca, B. densifolia, B. gigantea.

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Brunfelsia americana - Lady of the night
Brunfelsia isola
Lavender Marble Perfume
Brunfelsias
Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow, Brunfelsia from Brazil

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Why Azaleas are so popular

Azalea flowering

❤️ Why Azaleas are so popular
  • 🔠 Everyone loves Azalea flowers. What is so special about them? Azalea flowers are cherished for their breathtaking clusters of vibrant blooms, their ability to transform landscapes with a burst of color, and their adaptability to gardens, hedges, and containers.
  • 🔠 The Vivid Red Cherry Miniature Azalea is a stunning, cold-hardy evergreen that blooms with vibrant cherry-red flowers in spring and fall. Very compact and easy to care for, it thrives in shady spots and offers year-round beauty with its glossy, dark green leaves. Whether used as a hedge, accent, or screen, this semi-dwarf variety adds a pop of color to any garden or home.


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What is your favorite blue tropical flower?

Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower

👏 What is your favorite blue tropical flower?
  • 💙 In full bloom right now: Eranthemum pulchellum - Blue Sage, Lead Flower that we mentioned earlier.
  • 💙 It is the brightest gentian blue flower - very unusual color in the tropics!
  • 💙 Winter heavy bloomer
  • 💙 Attracts butterflies and bees 🐝
  • 💙 Compact shrub, responds well to pruning.
  • 💙 Shade lover. Will happily bloom in the shade!


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A flowering hedge everyone wants: how big and fast does Hawaiian Sunset grow?

Stictocardia beraviensis - Hawaiian Sunset Bell

🔔 A flowering hedge everyone wants: how big and fast does Hawaiian Sunset grow?

❤️ Check out yourself: Stictocardia beraviensis - Hawaiian Sunset Bell - this dense live hedge grew from just ONE plant over the fence in one season! Just give it some space and Hawaiian Sunset Bell won't disappoint you.

📚 Learn more from previous post:
Everybody wants it: the breathtaking dramatic Hawaiian Sunset

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Why you need these pretty bells in your garden

Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell

🔔 Why you need these pretty bells in your garden
  • 💕 Strobilanthes cusia (flaccidifolius) - Chinese Rain Bell - Very showy, charming little shrub that will bring a touch of elegance and color to your garden.
  • 💕 Impressively statured herbaceous shrub with graceful, arching branches and lovely pink, bell-shaped flowers that bloom from fall to spring, like a natural fountain of beauty.
  • 💕 Not only is it eye-catching, but it also has a fascinating history - used to make the famous Assam Indigo dye and even for treating common ailments in traditional medicine.
  • 💕 This fast-growing, cold-hardy plant is also great for containers
  • 💕 Those delicate bells will attract butterflies. Add some charm and whimsy to your outdoor space!


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Powderpuff and a Bee

Calliandra haematocephala - Red Powderpuff

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What cactus vine produces gooseberries?

🐰 What cactus vine produces gooseberries? Barbados Gooseberry!

  • 🙂 Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry - unique cactus with edible leaves and edible fruit, fast-growing vine. It is a tropical treasure that combines beauty with edible delights.

  • 🙂 The fruit is yellow with a juicy, subacid pulp, and has a flavor that closely resembles a gooseberry. The fruits can be enjoyed fresh, stewed, or made into jams and jellies.

  • 🙂 The young leaves are also edible, making them a nutritious addition to your meals.

  • 🙂 A fast growing vining cactus, the Barbados Gooseberry prefers good drainage but likes its soil to remain moist during the summer, while being kept drier in the winter.

  • 🙂 Can be grown in container on a trellis.


📚 Learn more from previous posts:
What is Barbados Gooseberry?
A vine, a cactus, a tasty fruit, and a pretty flower

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What cactus vine produces gooseberries?

Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry

🐰 What cactus vine produces gooseberries? Barbados Gooseberry!
  • 🙂 Perescia aculeata - Barbados Gooseberry - unique cactus with edible leaves and edible fruit, fast-growing vine. It is a tropical treasure that combines beauty with edible delights.
  • 🙂 The fruit is yellow with a juicy, subacid pulp, and has a flavor that closely resembles a gooseberry. The fruits can be enjoyed fresh, stewed, or made into jams and jellies.
  • 🙂 The young leaves are also edible, making them a nutritious addition to your meals.
  • 🙂 A fast growing vining cactus, the Barbados Gooseberry prefers good drainage but likes its soil to remain moist during the summer, while being kept drier in the winter.
  • 🙂 Can be grown in container on a trellis.


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What is Barbados Gooseberry?
A vine, a cactus, a tasty fruit, and a pretty flower

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This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time

Pink Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum mastacanthum, Rotheca mastacantha)

🤩 This is the bush you should plant: Pink Butterfly in no time
  • 🎀 Pink Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum mastacanthum, Rotheca mastacantha) is a rare and exciting new addition to the plant world, originating from South Africa.
  • 🎀 It closely resembles the more common Blue Butterfly Bush (Clerodendrum ugandense) but stands out with its stunning pink flowers.
  • 🎀 The pink blooms are arranged in tighter panicles, giving the plant a more compact appearance.
  • 🎀 While the size of the flowers is a bit smaller than its blue counterpart, the vibrant color and unique charm make it a captivating choice for your garden. Its rarity and beautiful blossoms make the Pink Butterfly Bush a standout plant for rare plant collectors.
  • 🎀 Very fast growing and vigorous bush! Perfect when you need a screen plant or a showy specimen quickly.


🎈 These two varieties of Clerodendrum must go together - Blue Butterfly and Pink Butterfly - perfect combination! The flowers and butterfly-like shape attract butterflies and other pollinators to the garden. So these plants are all about butterflies!

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What is better - Blue or Pink?

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