Get a tropical vibe in your garden with this vibrant, fast-growing flower. This exotic bloom, with textured petals and lush foliage, even attracts pollinators.

If you’re a fan of purple flowers, you know how much they can elevate a garden with their rich, vibrant hues. Purple blooms ...

Finding warm-climate vines that check all the boxes is tough. This climber offers privacy and texture with leathery leaves, ...

With winter upon us, a tropical plant that can thrive in our central Ohio homes is Xanadu philodendron (Philodendron xanadu AKA Thaumatophyllum xanadu). With a rounded, slightly upright habit, very ...

If you love tropical plants but don’t live near the tropics, we’ve got 10 tropicals that can grow outside the warm, balmy locale. The following plants can thrive indoors or outdoors, given the right ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Have you recently or in ...

Some of the most visually appealing ones are also delicious. Here’s how to choose — and grow — the best ones. By Margaret Roach Homegrown tastes of the tropics slumber in Marianne Willburn’s freezer — ...

The heat and humidity of a typical Harrisburg August is enough to make it seem as if we're living in the tropics. If that's the case, we may as well grow with the flow. Plenty of tropical plants do ...

More than 40 years ago, my parents went to Hawaii and returned with what looked like three coffee beans, each sporting a little orange mustache. They were bird of paradise seeds, brought back to ...

Looking for a summer garden stunner? Tropical hibiscus shrubs can take the Texas heat and still look stunning. Tropical hibiscus are hybrid evergreen shrubs with glossy, deep-green leaves. These ...

A recent study highlights a troubling reality for Heliconia, a genus of tropical plants celebrated for their stunning, bird-shaped flowers. Published today, March 7, in the journal Plants, People, ...