Tropical Plants Plants For Sale In Wilmington

Provide your Copper Plants with average water in an average to well draining moderately rich soil for best results. Foliage color is often most intense where they get at least 6 hours of direct sun per day.

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.

Narrower white streaks often randomly dive into the green center of the leaves. The brightly contrasting foliage is excellent for mixed containers and can be used as cut foliage in flower arrangements.

Young stem tips and leaves can be eaten fresh and in salads, the resulting periodic trimming during the spring and early summer also promote increased branching and thus increased calyx production in the fall.

Never keep the soil soggy. 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.

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...

It starts fruiting at 5-6' tall and makes an excellent container plant. Provide full sun and plentiful moisture and fertilizer during the growing season. The sweet bananas are dessert quality, and the plant is very productive.

Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water. 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.

If pollinated the flowers can mature into deliciously edible fruit. Epiphyllums are one of the few true jungle Cacti where they are often found growing with the orchids and bromeliads far removed from the forest floor.

The flowers of Queen's Wreath attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. To use the spikes of flowers in arrangements be sure to remove them without including any portion of the woody vine or they will quickly wilt.

Variegated plants are in high demand now. Give partial sun to bright filtered light and you will be highly rewarded with a fast growing and mesmerizing specimen. This vining plant grows vigorously in the summer and can be planted in a hanging basket or...

A vigorous tropical vine great for hanging baskets, color bowls, or on a trellis. For the best Bougainvillea flower production it is typically recommended to allow the soil to become moderately dry between waterings and to use a low nitrogen and high...

The cylindrical cocoa pods change from green to yellow when fully ripe. The pink and white flowers grow straight out of the tree trunk and main branches, followed by the cocoa pods.

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.

Like other cultivars of Sweet Orange, its growth rate is moderate making it perfect for containers. A gourmet citrus, the fruit has a distinctive flavor that's sweet. Flowers arrive in spring, which are followed by medium sized oranges that ripen in late...

This will give it ample time to grow and establish a large root system and base from which to return from the following spring. Can be grown in full sun but most sources suggest that it should be given afternoon shade and may need good drainage in acid...

Unusual spatula shaped, shiny, deep green foliage on an upright plant. The Plumeria is an easily grown, summer flowering, heat and sun loving small tropical tree that makes a great addition to tropical gardens or containers.

In the northern portions of its range like zone 8B and 9 provide a deep mulch during winter. Provide Plumbago with a well-drained acid soil in a full to partial sun location for best results.

May be deciduous in the cooler portions of its range. An unusual heat loving tropical. Hanging racemes of large deep yellow flowers, that are similar in form to a parrot's beak, are borne from mid-spring to fall on this large arching shrub.

Foliage color is often most intense where they get at least 6 hours of direct sun per day, pastel shades tend to be displayed under shadier conditions. The cooler and shorter days of fall seem to intensify further the foliage coloration of these naturally...

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.

* The human use of the cactus dates back thousands of years to the northern coast of Peru and the monks of a pre-Inca culture known as Chavin . * The active compound is 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine or mescaline which was reported at a concentration...

Indoors, in a container the trees height is limited by the quantity of roots it can produce in a small container. Ficus benjamina braid need a very well draining soil, and prefer to have moist conditions.

For eating right out of the fruit, allow the fruit to wrinkle for a few days to raise the sugar levels and enhance the flavor. It is cultivated commercially in frost-free areas for its fruit and is widely grown in India , Sri Lanka , New Zealand , the...

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!

Thoroughly water to moisten the entire root-ball each time you water. Never keep the soil soggy. 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...

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. 3-4" high fuzzy yellow spikes of tubular flowers are borne throughout the year on this easily grown tropical.