TopTropicals Newsletter / May 29, 2009

FANTASTIC DEALS AND NEW ARRIVALS OF TROPICAL PLANTS

GREAT DEAL!

Mangifera indica - Valencia Pride
Valencia Pride is a Haden seedling selected and named in Florida in 1941. The tree is a vigorous large grower making it an excellent shade tree complemented by an exceptionally attractive fruit. Relatively cold hardy.
3 gal pot, LARGE PLANTS
Reg. $39.95 Sale: $29.95

NEW ARRIVALS:

POTTED PLANT

Medinilla scortechinii
Bright orange flowers on a small shrub or a potted plant. Very tropical-looking.

Areca vestiaria
Crownshaft palm

Sealing Wax Palm, this palm can tolerate temperatures down to mid 30s F. Only $9.95!

Areca vestiaria - orange trunk
Areca vestiaria - red trunk

 

Annona Kampong Mauve
Rare exotic variety of Sugar apple (Custard Apple) with red-purple pulp, with sweeter taste and wonderful flavor.

Annona squamosa
Sugar apple, Custard Apple, Sweetsop-Anon, Sweetsop. One of the best subtropical fruit trees, small tree, starts fruiting right away, relatively cold hardy. A must for your fruit garden.

Terminalia catappa
Tropical Almond - large nutty fruits that taste very much like commercially grown almonds.
5 ft tall, only 2 plant(s) in stock


Calotropis gigantea
Giant milkweed, Crown Flower - Lilac colored flowers can be seen all through the year, great butterfly attractor. A tough and hardy plant, drought tolerant, good for hot sites. Flowers are used for making Hawaiian leis.

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Picture of the actual plant for sale

Cinnamomum aromaticum (Cassia cinnamon)
Large size

Cassia cinnamon, Chinese cinnamon. Leaves are highly aromatic as much as bark that is used for commercial cinnamon. Leaves are used as tea. C. aromaticum is hardy species, unlike C. zeylanicum which is very sensitive.
only $39.95!
4-5 ft tall, developed trees

Cinnamomum aromaticum (Cassia cinnamon)
Medium size

only $24.95!
3 gal pot, 2-3 ft tall, nice and bushy

 

NEW ARRIVALS:

DWARF!


Bougainvillea arborea Dwarf - PIXIE
Unusual form of thornless Bougainvillea with extremely slow growth rate. It has a shape of natural bonsai, and leaves are smaller. Bright magenta flowers are born in dense clusters. 3-4 y.o plants are only as tall as 2-3 ft and look like dwarf bonsai trees.

NEW ARRIVALS OF MANGO:

Alphonso
the best Indian cultivar in terms of sweetness and flavor. One of the rarest varieties and sought after - sweet large juice fruit.

Baileys Marvel
Similar to the Haden, only better! It has the same flavor with the Haden, with less fiber. The fruit are also bigger and less prone to fungus problems. Best cold tolerance.

Beverly
A fiberless selection from Central America having firm, juicy flesh. Excellent and can easily be kept to small stature.

Carrie
The flavor is by far the most outstanding feature. It has absolutely no fiber; extremely rich in flavor, sweet, aromatic and a pure pleasure to eat. You will savor every mouthful! Its compact size makes it an excellent dooryard tree that requires minimal care. Both fruit and tree have little to no problem with fungus or disease. Many people agree that this is the best tasting mango in existence!

Cogshall
Semi-Dwarf, one the best variety for indoor potting culture! Perfect for small yards or as “condo mango” - an ultra compact grower. The tree is suitable for container growing on a balcony, or planting in a suburban backyard. It can easily be maintained at just eight feet tall, and it will still produce a good size crop year after year.The fruit is very colorful and has a mild, sweet flavor that appeals to many. It is also fungus resistant.

Edward
The most outstanding feature of this variety is the perfect blend of sweetness and tartness thanks to its Indo-Chinese / Indian background. It is also firm, yet has no fiber. Another good trait is a long-lasting season.

Fairchild
A fiberless selection from Central America having firm, juicy flesh. Excellent and can easily be kept to small stature.

Ice Cream
The most popular of the “condo mangos.” Dwarf tree, small green fruit w/ yellow flesh. Flavored like name. The tree can easily be maintained at a height of just six feet making it ideal for container growing.

Julie (Dwarf)
The most popular variety in Jamaica and Caribbean because of its rich, sweet, coconut/pineapple-like flavor.

Mun Kun Si
Mango from Thailand, similar to Nam Doc Mai but much bigger, eaten both green (sweet, crispy) and ripe (when yellow). This is a rare variety, very popular among Thai and Vietnamese people. The fruit are extremely sweet, fiberless and somewhat crunchy ("Mun" means crunchy). The fruit are elongated, hang in clusters, and turn yellow when ready to pick. It is a very late producer, fruit may still be on a tree as late as January.

GREAT DEAL!

Sandoricum koetjape
Santol, Kechapi, Lolly Fruit. Yellow and round fruit has thick skin and tasty segments inside. Sometimes called the "Lolly Fruit" because you have to suck it to get the flavor. Plants from seeds bears fruits in three-four years. Fast-growing vigorous tree providig warm conditions.
3 gal pot, large plant In stock
Reg. $49.95 Sale: $29.95

 

NEW ARRIVALS:

UNBELIEVABLY TINY!

Musa acuminata - Truly Tiny Banana
Truly Tiny is only 1-1.5' tall. This is the best variety for growing in a pot or indoors. It produces small, 4-5" fruit, sweet, nice flavor.

Real Hawaiian Pua-Keni-Keni!
Fagraea berteriana
Perfume Flower Tree, used for fragrant flower leis.
It has dwarf umbrella-like habit:

Pua-Ken-Keni Vine:

Fagraea racemosa Javanica
Perfume Flower Tree, Pua Keni Keni, Todopon Puok - very fragrant. The plant is similar to Hawaiian Pua Keni Keni, but with bigger flowers, and has a vining habit.


Cassia nodosa hybrid - grafted
Pink Shower Tree, Appleblossom Tree. Spectacular medium size fast growing tree with a fine spreading crown. Masses of bubbly fragrant pink appleblossom flowers appear in spring-summer held in cascading clusters along downy branches.

Picture of this spectacular tree in bloom:

 

Theobroma cacao - Yellow
Chocolate tree, Yellow Cacao. Large developed trees, blooming size.

 

For full list of new arrivals, please visit this page
10% OFF discount:

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HAPPY GARDENING!

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