Tropicals – Page 4 – The Home & Garden Center

About Candlestick Plants

in Planting, Prepping for the Season, Trees & Shrubs, Tropicals

Want a showy, unique plant? Choose a Candlestick Plant, named for it’s bright yellow, upright flowers that look like...

All About The Hardy Hibiscus

in Fun Ideas and Articles, Perennials, Planting, Prepping for the Season, Tropicals

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] Hardy Hibiscus adds a touch of the tropics to your garden. Their large,...

Are My Banana Trees & Elephant Ears Alive?

in Prepping for the Season, Tropicals

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] If your Elephant Ears and Banana Tree foliage are now brown or black...

What Did 20 Degrees Do To My Plants!?

in Annuals, Ground Cover, Perennials, Prepping for the Season, Trees & Shrubs, Tropicals

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] What did this sudden really cold weather do to your plants? For shrubs,...

All About Dipladenia

in Fun Ideas and Articles, Planting, Prepping for the Season, Tropicals

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Try this bushy form of mandevilla in your pots by the pool, on a...

A Little Bit About Bromeliads

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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] These showy plants look like they are high maintenance, but the opposite is true. ...

Grafting: What is it? Why is it done?

in Fun Ideas and Articles, Perennials, Pruning & Cutting, Trees & Shrubs, Tropicals

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Most are familiar with the term grafting, but do you know why most fruit...

Overwintering Elephant Ears and Banana Trees

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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Elephant Ear Plants and Banana Trees with their large leaves add a tropical or...

Houseplant Care Series: Fertilizing

in Fertilizing, Fun Ideas and Articles, Houseplants, Planting, Tropicals

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Since the roots of houseplants are trapped and unable to go elsewhere, unlike in-ground...

The World’s Largest Herb: Banana Trees!

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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" oblique_section="no" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] Banana trees are one of the common trees that come to mind when dreaming...