Tropical House Plants

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Provide a fertile well-drained average moist soil for the best results.

This is a vigorous twining vine with glossy rich green foliage and revels in the heat and sun. The India Rubber Vine or Purple Allamanda produces 3" lavender trumpet-shaped flowers during the warmer months of the year.

Really will brighten those shady spots. Rarely offered in the trade. Beautiful variegated foliage with lots of white leaf coloration. Compact grower. This is the smaller version, showing more white as compared to Breynia disticha or Japanese Snowbush,...

When grown from seed it can become a large shrub to small tree-like in mild winter climates (zones 10 and warmer) but is a die-back perennial in zones 9A/B to 8B. Large, 4", primrose yellow flowers with a dark, nearly black, burgundy eye are borne from...

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...

It can be grown as a scrambling climber but is more commonly pruned to maintain a shrub form. Mussaendas can be very rewarding tropicals that flower throughout the warmest months of the year.

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.

Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water. Never keep the soil soggy. For more on how to successfully grow Tropical Hibiscus in portions of zones 9 and 10 see the following publication from Texas A&M's AgriLife Extension service...

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.

For more on how to successfully grow Tropical Hibiscus in portions of zones 9 and 10 see the following publication from Texas A&M's AgriLife Extension service titled " Tropical Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) For Galveston County and the Texas Upper...

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. 3" purplish-blue trumpet-like blooms with a white to light yellow throat are born in spring and summer.

Eoz can be grown in soil or on wood or cork and it is sure to multiply readily creating a colony of small colorful rosettes. The more intense light it receives the deeper the colors become.

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.

Early morning sun as well as shifting shade are generally quite suitable. A type of 'Hidden Ginger', Royal Scepter goes dormant in fall and readily returns once the soil warms in spring.

**In hot summer climates Agapanthus seem to do best where they receive midday shade but in cooler summer climates they tolerate full sun quite well. Provide a well-drained soil for the best results.

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.

If the foliage becomes yellowish or bronzey it may be getting too much direct sunlight so consider providing more shade. Excellent for lightly shaded areas like patios and porches.

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. Most Tropical Hibiscus are sun and heat loving, usually medium to large, tropical shrubs with excellent flower power...

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. They can also be used as formal or informal shrubs for hedging and screens, as tree forms, or even trained into large...

**In hot summer climates Agapanthus seem to do best where they receive midday shade but in cooler summer climates they tolerate full sun quite well. Provide a well-drained soil for the best results.

All rights reserved. Image courtesy of Agristarts. The Golden Brush Ginger is sure to add a tropical feel to any indoor space or the porch or patio. Its dense and compact, evergreen habit and floriferous nature make it a perfect choice for containers.

Epiphyllums are one of the few true jungle Cacti where they are often found growing with the orchids and bromeliads far removed from the forest floor. Large spidery pink flowers are borne in late spring and early summer on this tropical cactus.

Micrantha, (1/2" long pure white flowers with purple spot on lower lips) is considered to be much more of an aggressive and invasive pest problem than A. The flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.

Epiphyllums are one of the few true jungle Cacti where they are often found growing with the orchids and bromeliads far removed from the forest floor. A beautiful and very free flowering Orchid Cactus that produces a multitude of 6-8" pink flowers over...

Colors are most intense in sunny locations. The large curly, serrated foliage of Tikitm Peach Whirl is bronze, pink, and yellow with hints of orange. Provide your Copper Plants with average water in an average to well draining moderately rich soil for...