Tropical Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Virginia Beach

You'll want to harvest all remaining calyxes prior to the first first killing frost or freeze. You can even use the left over seeds to extract a healthful and flavorful Roselle oil.

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 fringed recurving coral-red petals are unique to this Hibiscus species.

The Giant Chenille Plant produces up to 18" long, drooping, fuzzy, scarlet catkins throughout the warmer months of the year or year round under warm warm tropical conditions. Even in light shade we prefer to give it a few hours of direct sunlight whenever...

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. This new variety of variegated Hibiscus is absolutely Red Hot with it's burgundy, red,...

The Lily of the Nile is a long living clump forming perennial best suited to well-drained soils with average moisture and fertility. It is tolerant of shade but will likely flower best where it gets at least 4-6 hours of sunlight.

Allow the soil to become slightly dry between waterings approximately to a depth of between 1/2" deep for small containers to 1" deep for large containers. Their pollen and nectar rich flowers attract a host of pollinators including bees, butterflies,...

Large splashes of bright pink adorn the leaves of this colorful Joseph's Coat. Alterantheras have been known to survive mild winters into zone 9 if given a protected site, an appropriate organic mulch, and excellent winter drainage.

The Blue Sky Vine makes an easy and rewarding container plant where not hardy. Like many root hardy tropical plants, the Blue Sky Vine is best planted in the ground as early in the season as possible (well after the danger of frost has past and soil temperatures...

They are salt tolerant, drought resistant, deer resistant and adaptable to a variety of soil types although they do appreciate good drainage and seem to prefer a mineral soil over humus based soils.

A large yellow flowered Orchid cactus with creamy yellow inner petals and darker yellow to amber outer petals. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day.

This is the smaller version, showing more white as compared to Breynia disticha or Japanese Snowbush, which is larger and darker colored. Really will brighten those shady spots. Compact grower.

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. Mount Everest Hibiscus produces 5-6" wide flowers that have a darkly contrasting deep...

The rounded and often twisted rich dark green foliage is randomly streaked and splashed with cream and white creating a wonderful contrast. The plant is fairly upright and seems to be a dwarf to semi-dwarf making it a good choice for containers.

What a wonderful addition to this line of excellent Hibiscus! 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...

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.

Grow it as a specimen or in the back of a border as a perennial in mild winter areas. A real conversation piece whether in flower or not. May freeze back in winter but is reliably hardy in zones 9 and warmer.

Queen's Wreath can be enjoyed as a container plant where not hardy but will need periodic pruning to be kept in bounds and a bright to sunny window for winter. Provide it with a well drained, moderately fertile growing medium.

This will force the plant to produce side branches that will produce fruit much sooner and more flowers and more fruits. * A poultice of the boiled seeds has been used in the treatment of boils.

There was a mass poisoning incident in Ethiopia as a result of contamination of grain with A. * Ageratum conyzoides (billygoat-weed, chick weed, goatweed, whiteweed) is native to Tropical America, especially Brazil, and considered an invasive weed in...

A popular heirloom indoor plant with large dark green tropical foliage that is full of holes like Swiss Cheese. Swiss Cheese Plant will readily cling to a support or it can be allowed to spill from containers, and in hanging baskets.

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.

More compact grower than regular Blue Ginger. Tropical glossy green ginger-like foliage is borne on stiff fleshy stems. Single dark blue blooms over a long period in summer and fall.

Cool morning sunlight, filtered sunlight, or very late cool evening sunlight is usually tolerated well. The Malaysian Orchid is a naturally shrub-like epiphyte and typically grows to about 2-4'H x 2-3'W in cultivation.

* The species is employed in African traditional medicine to induce vivid dreams, enabling communication with the spirit world. * The plant is also used as a topical ointment against jaundice, toothache, ulcers and to treat muscular-skeletal problems.

* Originally from southern Mexico (particularly Chiapas and Veracruz), Central America, and northern South America, the papaya is now cultivated in most tropical countries. * In 2014, global production of papayas was 12.7 million tonnes, led by India...

Black Goji (Lycium ruthenicum) The rare Black Goji, or Black Wolfberry, originates in the Himalayan Mountains in Central Asia where it is revered for its health benefits. Black goji is a shrub that reaches 4-6' tall.

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 Info from Universities..." link below.