Beautiful and unusual! Deep burgundy-green, curving, tubular, dutchman's pipe-shaped blooms with deep burgundy caps that overhang the open throat of these unique, carnivorous looking flowers.
All rights reserved. A repeat flowering Lily of the Nile, Blue Heaven produces large rounded clusters of bell-shaped trumpets in shades of brilliant blue beginning in summer and lasting into fall on 2-4' high sturdy stems.
Soil & Moisture: Average moist well-drained soils.
King's Mantle makes a beautiful and rewarding container specimen that flowers throughout the warmer months of the year. 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...
Native To / Origin: Tropical Africa
Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
Outdoor Light: Part sun, AM sun, Part shade, Light shade
An unusual hybrid Amaryllis, Giraffe produces 5" wide greenish to yellowish flowers that are veined and heavily splashed with red atop sturdy 20" stems. A beautiful winter flowering bulbous somewhat tropical Amaryllis that is easy to grow as a container...
pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
Soil & Moisture: Average moisture with good drainage. Does not tolerate overly wet soils.
Cool morning sunlight and bright indirect light bring out the most intense colors. This Neoregelia Bromeliad readily produces offsets and quickly creates easy colorful hanging baskets or it can be attached to wood pieces and grown as an epiphyte.
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11,12
Outdoor Light: Cool AM sun, Part shade, Light shade, Filtered shade
Native To / Origin: Central and South America
Soil & Moisture: Well-drained soils. Do not keep soggy wet.
Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day. If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit. Epiphyllums are great for hanging baskets.
The beautifully variegated foliage of this Gardenia make it a stand out. The rounded and often twisted rich dark green foliage is randomly streaked and splashed with cream and white creating a wonderful contrast.
Pruning: In summer once flowering is finished, buds are set in late summer and fall.
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10
Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Fertilizing: Feed early spring-midsummer, use a slow release, nonburning fertilizer for acid loving plants.
The medium-green leaves are textured like sandpaper. 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.
Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Soil & Moisture: Well-drained, average moist, moderately fertile soils. Somewhat drought resistant once well-established.
8" long fragrant golden trumpets with purple veins are borne from winter through spring on this large scrambling tropical climber. A very unusual and easily grown specimen plant that is quite tolerant of seaside conditions.
Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
Native To / Origin: S and Central America
Salt Tolerance: High tolerance of soil and spray salts
8-10" long double or triple purple and white trumpets are borne throughout the warmest months. The uniquely colored cornucopia-like blooms and nearly black foliage create a striking contrast.
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,(9? with protection)
Their pollen and nectar rich flowers attract a host of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy.
Native To / Origin: Cuba is the origin of the original El Capitolio Hibiscus
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. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy.
The tropical looking large 8-12" long and up to 4" wide glossy dark green foliage acts as the perfect foil for the colorful flowers and fruit. Prune it back in early spring, just before growth begins, to keep size in check if so desired.
Grows To: 2-4'H x 2-3'W and larger in mild winter climates
Native To / Origin: Phillipines
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 11
Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained soils containing orchid bark.
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.
The habit is upright and vigorous with a blooming season that stretches from spring to fall. Yellow Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides ‘Aurea') A different twist to this famous plant, ‘Aurea' has highly fragrant flowers that turn a deep golden-yellow...
The Double Yellow Angel's Trumpet is often grown as an annual or short-lived shrub-like perennial and it is easy enough to save a few seed from the large capsules once they split open to grow new ones for next year.
Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
Grows To: 3-5'H x 3-5'W
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,(9? with protection)
Plants that are watered too often will not survive. Starfish Snake Plant is a type of Mother in Law's Tongue. Florida began commercially exporting this plant to Europe, nurseries in North America, and Australia in the 1920s.
They carry a light fragrance and although they are known to flower throughout the year on their native islands, ours tend to bloom mostly in summer. They are quite vigorous, have an upright habit and do best in a full sun exposure.
3-4" high fuzzy yellow spikes of tubular flowers are borne throughout the year on this easily grown tropical. Golden Plume is very similar to most Justicias in form and habit. The wide dark green foliage makes a nice foil for the spikes of yellow flowers.
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...
Deer Resistance: Sometimes Bothered - Occasionally Severely
Either way this is a flower producing machine and can be found in flower throughout the year if provided with ample light and good growing conditions. Never keep the soil soggy. Easy to grow and sure to pique the interest of hummingbirds and other pollinators.The...
* Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas
Any type of fertilizer offers nutrients that help plants with the transition to a new environment. These plants like a happy medium between too dry and too wet; they like to stay evenly moist.
A native tree to SE Asia, Michelia champaca is a fast grower that reaches 20' tall when grown in tropical regions. Michelias are small trees related to Magnolias that produce some of the most fragrant flowers in the world.
If unsure, do not water. Snake Plant or Mother in Law's Tongue is a simple, elegant houseplant that is extremely low maintenance. From there, Snake Plant found its way into peoples homes because of its ease of care.
Their pollen and nectar rich flowers attract a host of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy.
Never keep the soil soggy. The larger growing varieties are easily trained into tree standards or can be grown as large shrubs or shaped into hedges. Tropical Hibiscus make for showy, free-flowering container plants where not hardy.
