Tropical Plants

Can be grown in sun or shade. Compact grower. Really will brighten those shady spots. Rarely offered in the trade. This is the smaller version, showing more white as compared to Breynia disticha or Japanese Snowbush, which is larger and darker colored.

Can be grown in full sun but most sources suggest that it should be given afternoon shade and may need good drainage in acid to mildly acidic soils for the best performance. In zones 8 and 9 where the Lemon-Yellow Hibiscus may be grown as a perennial...

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.

Provide the Red Velvet Mussaenda or Ashanti Blood with an a moderately rich, acidic to neutral, moist but sharp draining, preferably sandy potting soil. Mussaendas can be very rewarding tropicals that flower throughout the warmest months of the year.

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!

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...

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.

Never keep the soil soggy. 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 large flowers attract bees and other pollinators. 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...

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 Eoz Variegated Fireball Bromeliad makes an easy and low maintenance hanging basket with a tropical look.

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...

An easy container plant or garden gem where hardy. Provide these heat loving hardy gingers with shade during the hottest portions of the day. Densely packed pink bracts mature to become near true red edged with yellow throats ultimately producing an 8-12"...

Summer Skies Agapanthus makes a low maintenance clump forming perennial for the garden, landscape, and container gardens. It is tolerant of shade but will likely flower best where it gets at least 4-6 hours of sunlight.

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...

Indoors provide high light or cool sunlight. Excellent for lightly shaded areas like patios and porches. This makes it a perfect choice for shaded areas like covered patios and shaded gardens where its large leaves will catch indirect light.

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...

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...

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...

Blue Yonder Agapanthus makes a low maintenance clump forming perennial for the garden, landscape, and container gardens. It is tolerant of shade but will likely flower best where it gets at least 4-6 hours of sunlight.

It doesn't care for temperatures much below 40 o F but otherwise is an easy to enjoy tropical that should bring you many years of enjoyment. Image courtesy of Agristarts. The Burbidgea readily multiplies and will develop into a mass of foliage and stems...

Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day. Epiphyllums are great for hanging baskets. Epiphyllums are one of the few true jungle Cacti where they are often found growing with the orchids and bromeliads far removed...

It is typically recommended to give the Variegated Ganges Primrose some shade in hot southern climates but it will tolerate full sun if provided with a consistently moist but well-drained soil.

Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day. Probably the most prolific flowering Epiphyllum that currently offer. Epiphyllums are one of the few true jungle Cacti where they are often found growing with the orchids...

Foliage color is often most intense where they get at least 6 hours of direct sun per day. Copper plants are easy to grow, heat, and sun loving tropicals. The large curly, serrated foliage of Tikitm Peach Whirl is bronze, pink, and yellow with hints of...

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...

In summer, small yellow blooms create a bright contrast with the dark foliage. Deep burgundy foliage is borne on an upright to spreading shrub. A heat and sun loving tropical which is great as a pool-side container plant or in mixed plantings for the...