Tropical Plants Plants For Sale In Salt Lake City

They are commonly successfully used as landscape shrubs in the warmer parts of zone 9 and throughout much of zone 10.Remember that these are truly tropical plants and will likely suffer at least some damage from even brief freezes.

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.

Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. The foliage of Agapanthus may freeze back in the northern portions of their range. Blue Yonder Agapanthus makes a low maintenance clump forming perennial for the garden, landscape, and container gardens.

Never keep the soil soggy. 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.

Use as a non-aggressive groundcover in the garden or filler in containers. Also known as Trailing Foxglove and Chinese Violet, this easy to grow shrub-like perennial prefers a moderately fertile soil and is moderately salt tolerant.

Clusters of long lasting golden yellow flowers with red-orange bases are held atop sturdy reddish purple stems that are adorned with rounded, rich green glossy foliage. For an excellent article on growing gingers as container plants from LSU Agcenter...

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. It will tolerate temperatures down to 40-50 o F for short periods but often...

This is a fairly full and compact growing hibiscus that lends itself to containers and tropical garden settings. The Double Red Hibiscus is considered to be one of the first cultivated Chinese Hibiscus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, the latter of which translates...

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.

Above zone 9B, King's Mantle can act like a die-back perennial if provided with good winter protection, it is often slow to recover from winter kill but will often be back to flowering by mid summer under good conditions.

Provide a moist, well-drained, moderately fertile, humus rich soil with cool to filtered sunlight. Long lasting cut flower. An easy container plant or garden gem where hardy. Densely packed pink bracts mature to become near true red edged with yellow...

Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water. Their pollen and nectar rich flowers attract a host of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Huge drooping panicles of long lasting, lavender, star-shaped calyxes that are centered by royal purple 1/2'' rounded verbena-like flowers that may be produced anytime between January and August.

Intense royal purple, 2" blooms are borne profusely on this compact selection of Princess Flower from spring to fall. A wonderful introduction that originated from Allen Armitage and the University of Georgia.

Never keep the soil soggy. 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.

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

The huge tropical velvety foliage is very unique and is topped by spikes of royal purple flowers in summer. Grow it as a specimen or in the back of a border as a perennial in mild winter areas.

We are selling a grafted plant that will bloom and fruit sooner. Star Fruit ‘Dwarf Hawaiian' (Averrhoa carambola) Rare and hard-to-find, ‘Dwarf Hawaiian' is a wonderful star fruit for containers since it produces an abundance of sweet, pale yellow...

Indoors provide high light or cool sunlight. Excellent for lightly shaded areas like patios and porches. Consider repotting every 2-3 years or when growth and health seem reduced. Easily grown if provided with high humidity and a well-draining humus rich...

It is an excellent choice for first time houseplant buyers because it handles missed watering and minimal light without consequence. These plants are sold as bush, and are typically found 1 or 2 per pot in the 6″ size, and 3 per pot in the 10″ diameter...

Plant food works well as a powder, quick release fertilizer that is mixed with water to quickly provide nutrients to a plant that has been in a container for an extended time. Its a drought tolerant houseplant that cleans the air of toxins.

Louisiana Red Copper Plant's color is hot as a Louisiana summer with large, dark coppery red foliage that can be solid or variegated. Foliage color is often most intense where they get at least 6 hours of direct sun per day.

A beautiful and very free flowering Orchid Cactus that produces a multitude of 6-8" pink flowers over a long period. If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit.

The genus name honors John Tradescant (1570-1638) and his son John Tradescant (1608-1662), botanists and gardeners in England. Tradescantia zebrina is the Latin name for Wandering Jew.

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

Pink Powder Puff (Calliandra emarginata) Fill the growing area with a year-round splash of color. This cultivar has an upright habit and never stops flowering even during the darkest days of winter.

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 dark foliage contrast.