Tropicals are generally not frost tolerant. They’ll die the first time your temps drop below 32 degrees. We are in 8b and have some bananas that regrow each year after freezing back, but it’s rare they have enough time to bloom and produce fruit before it freezes again the next winter. You could try some dwarf varieties and keep them in pots that can move indoors (or a greenhouse) over the winter. But they still need a lot of light. Answer from Fantastic-Sky6111 on reddit.com
Monrovia
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The Best Cold Hardy Tropical Plants | Be Inspired
August 11, 2025 - Gardeners looking for an exotic plant will love the Tropicanna® Canna, grown in Zones 7-11. This plant elevates your landscape with tall stems crowned by large, orange blooms. Its foliage piques interest as it emerges, with bright burgundy ...
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40 Tropical Plants for Your Outdoor Garden
October 9, 2025 - Heliconia rostrata, known as Hanging Lobster Claw, is an ornamental, evergreen perennial with large, banana-like leaves and striking flower clusters that hang from its stems in spring and summer. Bright red bracts tipped with yellow and green encase yellowish-white flowers, attracting hummingbirds and producing dark blue fruits. Ideal for tropical gardens, these long-lasting blossoms are perfect for arrangements. ... Mandevilla boliviensis (White Dipladenia) is a woody-stemmed, twining tropical vine with sprays of 3-7 large, white, funnel-shaped flowers, up to 3 in.
Is it impossible to grow tropical plants in Zone 7B?
Tropicals are generally not frost tolerant. They’ll die the first time your temps drop below 32 degrees. We are in 8b and have some bananas that regrow each year after freezing back, but it’s rare they have enough time to bloom and produce fruit before it freezes again the next winter. You could try some dwarf varieties and keep them in pots that can move indoors (or a greenhouse) over the winter. But they still need a lot of light. More on reddit.com
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Cold Hardy Tropical Plants | Exotic Plants for Sale
In our zone 7b garden in Raleigh, NC we have many hardy tropical plants for sale including: ... Large-leaved perennials and tall perennials like Tetrapanax, Philodendron, Heliconia, Manihot, Hedychium, Canna, and Curcuma
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r/Permaculture on Reddit: Is it impossible to grow tropical plants in Zone 7B?
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I would love to grow plants like banana, mangoes etc but seems like the only fruit plants that people seem to grow are stone fruits. Any advice if it's even worth trying?
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Tropicals are generally not frost tolerant. They’ll die the first time your temps drop below 32 degrees. We are in 8b and have some bananas that regrow each year after freezing back, but it’s rare they have enough time to bloom and produce fruit before it freezes again the next winter. You could try some dwarf varieties and keep them in pots that can move indoors (or a greenhouse) over the winter. But they still need a lot of light.
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Maybe hardy figs? Also with the right greenhouse setup, maybe. It helps to have a lot of sunny days too.
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Turn Your Midwest Backyard Into a Tropical Oasis
February 3, 2025 - Courtesy of Costa Farms · Crotons (Codiaeum variegatum) offer eye-catching, textural foliage for container arrangements and borders. They hail from the tropics, so count on croton plants to hold up to hot, humid weather.
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Foolproof Winter-Hardy Tropical and Temperate Plants | HGTV
July 6, 2018 - A tropical plant that can grow up to 10 feet in one summer, this plant is great either for containers or the mixed border. White-, pink-, yellow-, peach- and purple-flowering varieties are available. Give this plant moist, rich, well-drained soil in full sun to part or light shade. During the growing season feed every 2 weeks with a balanced fertilizer. Hardy to USDA Zone 7.
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Discover the best Hardiness Zone 7 Plants for your garden. Find resilient perennials, shrubs, & trees that thrive in Zone 7 climates.
Here She Grows
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Tropical Plants for a Cold Climate Garden - Here She Grows
November 5, 2024 - The gigantic leaves of the colocasia juxtaposed with the delicate looking foliage and white flowers of Sweet Autumn clematis (there’s absolutely nothing delicate about this plant) does it for me. Pictures are great for showing you where something’s lacking and I think a Stained Glass hosta beneath the one on the left will really make those dark leaves pop. Good thing I already have that hosta (on far right) and have added it to the list of things to be divided in the spring. On that note, hosta, while perennial here, also lends tropical flair with it’s big leaves.
Fast Growing Trees
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17 hours ago - Turn your porch into an island oasis with these tropical picks. From fruits and palms to cacti and vines, shop our wide selection!
Better Homes & Gardens
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23 Tropical Landscape Plants to Fill Your Garden with Color
November 17, 2025 - Red hot poker (Kniphofia) features tall spikes of scarlet, yellow, white, and orange tubular flowers and fountain-like clumps of coarse, grassy, gray-green 2- to 3-foot-long foliage.
Old Country Gardens
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Tropical Feeling Cold Hardy Perennials - Old Country Gardens
June 17, 2024 - Ideal for borders and as a background plant. ... Produces vibrant, petunia-like flowers. Hardy in zone 7, dies back in winter but returns in spring. Thrives in full sun to partial shade. Tolerant of heat and humidity. Excellent for adding color to borders and containers. ... Graceful, arching foliage that adds a tropical look.
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Top 7 Tropical Plants to Add to Your Florida Landscape
Gardens, as we all know, can be pretty green, especially during those ho-hum windows of time when nothing in the yard seems to be flowering. Then, spectacular tropical crotons to the rescue, with their vivid yellow, orange and red leaves. These tropical Florida plants thrive in the heat, add stunning tropical color, and grow an impressive six feet tall.
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Zone 7 Perennials | White Flower Farm
Here are all of the perennials we offer for Hardiness Zone 7: these are our best options in flowers, ferns, ground cover, and ornamental grass. With its long growing season and generally mild winters, Zone 7 is home to an array of plants to delight the gardener or landscaper.
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r/pnwgardening on Reddit: Favorite fast growing tropical/jungley looking plants?
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Seeking your favorite lush, tropical looking plants for the Seattle area! Preference for hardy, affordable, and fast growing.
I'm renting a property with a backyard that has great soil as it was previously a well used garden space, but has been neglected for a long time and is pretty empty and sad to look at right now. I love the look of oversized leaves, reds and yellows mixed with green, vines, and colorful flowers. So far I'm looking at elephant ears, hardy banana trees, and passionflower, and encouraging/propagating the existing spotted laurel, yucca, and bamboo.
While I know I'm limited for actual tropical plants, what are some plants that give a jungley vibe that like our climate? Bonus thanks if you have tips that have helped your tropical-esque plants thrive!
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I would highly recommend selecting native plants to help support the pollinators while providing a more appealing backyard. Some Native plants that I feel have an almost tropical look would be elderberries (red or blue), pacific wax Myrtle, ferns. Not as tropical looking, but still beautiful would be mock orange or red dosier dogwood or red flowering currant. Wildflowers will then add more depth of color as well and if you look into native plant sales in your area, you might be able to get seeds for cheap or even free. Showy milkweed is a beautiful native flower that supports monarch butterflies. Other great flowers are Douglas aster, Canadian goldenrod, blue eyed grass. This is just a small list of examples, but willing to provide more examples and help if wanted.
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Hey Rooted
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Tropical Plants I Rooted – Hey Rooted
Other varieties, such as Calatheas and Alocasias, boast stunning patterned leaves. No matter whether you prefer the airy elegance of palms or the miniature toughness of succulents, there are plenty of amazing tropical plants to choose from.
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Evergreen Tropical Looking Plants for Zone 7b - TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms - PalmTalk
September 4, 2020 - Hello all, I've been searching for evergreen, tropical looking plants for my zone 7b garden that aren't palm trees. I have a few fatsias, some cast iron plants and cycads. But I'd love to find other plants to add, especially some that have some color to their leaves. When I try and search google,...