Tropical House Plants Identification

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Never keep the soil soggy. The HibisQs Multi-Tropic Hibiscus produce wave after wave of flowers that last about 2...

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

Compact grower. Really will brighten those shady spots. Beautiful variegated foliage with lots of white leaf coloration. 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.

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 and flecked with white and pink.

The Red Velvet Mussaenda's fame has given it many names that include the following: Ashanti Blood Plant, Red Flag Bush, Tropical Dogwood, Prophet's Tears, Virgin Tree. Mussaendas can be very rewarding tropicals that flower throughout the warmest months...

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. The wide dark green foliage makes a nice foil for the spikes of yellow flowers.

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

The larger growing varieties are easily trained into tree standards or can be grown as large shrubs or shaped into hedges. Loads of large, light pumpkin orange single flowers are held above the uniquely shaped, interestingly lobed, fishtail-like, rich...

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.

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Avoid using a saucer or empty any excess water from it 30-40 minutes after watering.

The Blue Sky Vine makes an easy and rewarding container plant where not hardy. 3" purplish-blue trumpet-like blooms with a white to light yellow throat are born in spring and summer.

The more intense light it receives the deeper the colors become. 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 dark green glossy Angel-Wing shaped foliage of this Begonia add elegance and poise. Miss Julie Begonia is a small growing and compact cane-type or Angel Wing begonia that produces a near continuous display of bright pink flowers in large, dense rounded...

Early morning sun as well as shifting shade are generally quite suitable. For an excellent article on growing gingers as container plants from LSU Agcenter produced by Maria del Pilar Paz and Jeff Keuhny click here .

**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. Images courtesy of AG3, Inc. All rights reserved.

The dainty, round and pointed, heavily variegated olive green to coppery green foliage is randomly splashed with silver and white. This tiny trailing Hoya or Waxflower creates a dense mat of foliage that is perfect for spilling from larger containers...

Consider repotting every 2-3 years or when growth and health seem reduced. If the foliage becomes yellowish or bronzey it may be getting too much direct sunlight so consider providing more shade.

The green and burgundy foliage is spotted with white, giving the plant the appearance of having been snowed upon. 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...

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Never keep the soil soggy. Under warm tropical conditions the Chinese Lantern Hibiscus may flower continuously throughout...

As container plants, Tropical Hibiscus will benefit from an annual re-potting or up-potting along with appropriate root and top pruning. Never keep the soil soggy. The El Capitolio Hibiscus' have the potential to flower throughout the year under good...

**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. Images courtesy of AG3, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Burbidgea readily multiplies and will develop into a mass of foliage and stems that should be topped by clusters of showy flowers periodically throughout the year with the main show in late summer/fall and winter/spring.

Epiphyllums are great for hanging baskets. Large spidery pink flowers are borne in late spring and early summer on this tropical cactus. If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit.

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. Unfortunately they only list Asystasia gangetica and not the subspecies in the category II invasive...

Probably the most prolific flowering Epiphyllum that currently offer. A beautiful and very free flowering Orchid Cactus that produces a multitude of 6-8" pink flowers over a long period.

The large curly, serrated foliage of Tikitm Peach Whirl is bronze, pink, and yellow with hints of orange. Colors are most intense in sunny locations. Foliage color is often most intense where they get at least 6 hours of direct sun per day.