Faux Tropical Plants

Beautiful variegated foliage with lots of white leaf coloration. Can be grown in sun or shade. This is the smaller version, showing more white as compared to Breynia disticha or Japanese Snowbush, which is larger and darker colored.

In zones 8 and 9 where the Lemon-Yellow Hibiscus may be grown as a perennial it should be established in the garden in spring once all danger of frost has past and the ground temperature has begun to warm.

This is a slow growing vine-like philodendron which can be trained to a support or allowed to trail. An easily grown indoor or tropical plant that is sure to make a statement. The black to deep burgundy, glossy, heart-shaped tropical foliage is splashed...

Mussaendas can be very rewarding tropicals that flower throughout the warmest months of the year. It will grow well in full or partial sun but it has the best foliage color in southern regions where it gets some afternoon or midday shade.

The wide dark green foliage makes a nice foil for the spikes of yellow flowers. Golden Plume is very similar to most Justicias in form and habit. 3-4" high fuzzy yellow spikes of tubular flowers are borne throughout the year on this easily grown tropical.

Sure to be a conversation piece! Unusual icy bluish-green tubular Crossandra-like flowers emerge from a cone-like spike nearly throughout the year on this rare and unusual tropical.

Note:If an otherwise seemingly healthy Hibiscus isn't flowering, is dropping yellow immature buds and lower yellow leaves it may be getting too dry between waterings. The larger growing varieties are easily trained into tree standards or can be grown...

8" long golden trumpets with purple veins are borne in late winter and early spring on this scrambling tropical climber with cream and green variegated foliage.

Tropical Hibiscus are sun and heat loving, medium to large, tropical shrubs with excellent flower power and even some salt tolerance making them popular choices for warm inland as well as coastal climates.

The Blue Sky Vine makes an easy and rewarding container plant where not hardy. The Blue Sky Vine is a vigorous and hardy tropical vine that can be grown as a tuberous rooted, summer flowering perennial into zone 8B.

The more intense light it receives the deeper the colors become. The Eoz Variegated Fireball Bromeliad makes an easy and low maintenance hanging basket with a tropical look. Eoz can be grown in soil or on wood or cork and it is sure to multiply readily...

It has a low compact and spreading habit making this a choice plant for hanging baskets and containers in shaded locations. The dark green glossy Angel-Wing shaped foliage of this Begonia add elegance and poise.

A type of 'Hidden Ginger', Royal Scepter goes dormant in fall and readily returns once the soil warms in spring. They also make wonderful container specimens as well. Royal Scepter Ginger produces large tropical, nearly banana-like foliage and is a dense...

Provide a well-drained soil for the best results. The Lily of the Nile is a long living clump forming perennial best suited to well-drained soils with average moisture and fertility.

This tiny trailing Hoya or Waxflower creates a dense mat of foliage that is perfect for spilling from larger containers where it can be used as a groundcover for larger tropicals, as a spiller for mixed containers, or as a dainty hanging basket specimen.

Full plant image courtesy of Agristarts, all rights reserved. The Malaysian Orchid is an exceptionally free flowering and showy tropical. In its native habitat Medinilla myriantha may reach 6'H x 6'W but in cultivation 2-4'H x 2-3'W is more typical.

An easy to grow tropical adaptable to sun or light shade.This is the taller, more spreading, and darker version, as compared to Breynia nivosa or Hawaiian Snowbush. The green and burgundy foliage is spotted with white, giving the plant the appearance...

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy.

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy.

Provide a well-drained soil for the best results. The Lily of the Nile is a long living clump forming perennial best suited to well-drained soils with average moisture and fertility.

The Golden Brush Ginger is sure to add a tropical feel to any indoor space or the porch or patio. For an excellent article on growing gingers as container plants from LSU Agcenter produced by Maria del Pilar Paz and Jeff Keuhny click here or the "More...

Large spidery pink flowers are borne in late spring and early summer on this tropical cactus. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day.

The flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators. There are two subspecies of Asystasia gangetica and the African form, A. The Ganges Primrose is a naturally evergreen (in frost-free climates), groundcover-like, mounding and...

A beautiful and very free flowering Orchid Cactus that produces a multitude of 6-8" pink flowers over a long period. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day.

Copper plants are easy to grow, heat, and sun loving tropicals. Colors are most intense in sunny locations. A beautiful addition to the landscape or containers. Provide your Copper Plants with average water in an average to well draining moderately rich...

Tropical Hibiscus are sun and heat loving, medium to large, tropical shrubs with excellent flower power and even some salt tolerance making them popular choices for warm inland as well as coastal climates.

A heat and sun loving tropical which is great as a pool-side container plant or in mixed plantings for the dark foliage contrast. In summer, small yellow blooms create a bright contrast with the dark foliage.