Tropical Freshwater Plants

Really will brighten those shady spots. This is the smaller version, showing more white as compared to Breynia disticha or Japanese Snowbush, which is larger and darker colored. Beautiful variegated foliage with lots of white leaf coloration.

Use caution and wear the proper clothing when doing such chores. May reach 9-12'H in frost free climates. Large deep olive green to a rich deep green foliage has velvety pubescence.

The black to deep burgundy, glossy, heart-shaped tropical foliage is splashed and flecked with white and pink. This is a slow growing vine-like philodendron which can be trained to a support or allowed to trail.

It can be grown as a scrambling climber but is more commonly pruned to maintain a shrub form. 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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

They are commonly successfully used as landscape shrubs in the warmer parts of zone 9 and throughout much of zone 10. This vigorous Hibiscus has an upright to spreading growth habit and makes a beautiful specimen plant whether grown as a shrub or a small...

Well-established plants act like herbaceous perennials and if provided with an appropriate winter mulch can tolerate temperatures near 15 o F for short periods. In frost free areas this heat and sun loving vine is evergreen and can flower throughout the...

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 more intense light it receives the deeper the colors become.

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 clusters. It has a low compact and spreading habit making this a choice plant for...

Early morning sun as well as shifting shade are generally quite suitable. A type of 'Hidden Ginger', Royal Scepter goes dormant in fall and readily returns once the soil warms in spring.

**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. Provide a well-drained soil for the best results.

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.

Indoors provide high light or cool sunlight. In its native habitat Medinilla myriantha may reach 6'H x 6'W but in cultivation 2-4'H x 2-3'W is more typical. The tropical looking large 8-12" long and up to 4" wide glossy dark green foliage acts as the...

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 or Hawaiian Snowbush. The green and burgundy foliage is spotted with white, giving the plant the appearance...

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.

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.

**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. Provide a well-drained soil for the best results.

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.

If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit. Large spidery pink flowers are borne in late spring and early summer on this tropical cactus. Hybrid Orchid Cactus typically open at night but often last well through the next day.

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. The flowers attract hummingbirds, butterflies, bees, and other pollinators.

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

Colors are most intense in sunny locations. Provide your Copper Plants with average water in an average to well draining moderately rich soil for best results. The Copper Plant's beautifully colored foliage lends itself to tropical landscapes while it's...

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. Tropical Hibiscus are sun and heat loving, medium to large, tropical shrubs with excellent...

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.