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I am always on the look out for new and interesting tropical like plants that will work in my zone 7 area and I recently found the Sweet Shrub which I think qualifies for both interesting and tropical like. This shrub features highly aromatic flowers and foliage. The flowers are a dark red to burgundy [...]

Sometimes, the best way to build your zone 7 (or lower) tropical garden is to find temperate perennials that mimmick tropical garden favorites. One of these is the the Orchid with their exotic beauty. However, if you live in a temperate zone Orchids are obviously not an option and growing them indoors is very [...]

Next in the series of Tropical Feel Garden posts is the Hibiscus Moscheutos.  These hibiscus shrubs can bring a tropical feel all the way down to Zone 5. They are very similar to their tropical cousins in that they come if several colors like red, pink, white, maroon and salmon. They feature large exotic tropical [...]

This is another post on getting that tropical feel in your Zone 7 (maybe zone 6) garden. My second choice for that Tropical feel is the Elephant ear or Colocasias. If you are not familiar with them, they come in various sizes and a couple of different colors. There are also some varieties that will [...]

I love tropical plants, but of course here in Zone 7, you cant have true tropicals. There is an alternative though. There are various temperate/marginally tropical plants which you can plant that can survive just fine in the Zone 7 winters. Since I have been in this area, the coldest it’s gotten has been about [...]