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Dutch Bulbs
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Tropical Plants - Buy Tropical Flowers | K. van Bourgondien
In their natural environment, tropical ... depends on the particular species and its natural habitat. Some tropical plants require full sun to grow and bloom properly....
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Gardenia
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40 Tropical Plants for Your Outdoor Garden
October 9, 2025 - Thriving in warm climates, it blooms primarily in warmer months, with a single plant producing 6-10, sometimes up to 40, flower heads a season. Perfect for sunny gardens or containers, it’s a favored cut flower worldwide. ... Etlingera elatior, known as Torch Ginger, showcases tall, lush green foliage and vibrant red or pink flower spikes resembling flaming torches. Thriving in tropical climates, it’s celebrated for its striking appearance and edible buds, adding an exotic touch to gardens and culinary dishes with its architectural beauty and unique flavors.
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Please help with ideas for tall tropical plants I can put in this tricky area!
You don't have much root zone available there and I would be wary of planting anything too substantial that might impact the pool. How about some tall posts -- I'm guessing the fence is six feet standard fencing. How about posts that are 10 or 12 feet tall -- one just past each corner of the pool and one in the middle. Then attach some good quality trellising to the posts starting just below the top of the fence to the top of the posts. Then plant a bunch of vines. You would want evergreen to keep the privacy year round. Jasmine would work. You probably wouldn't want fruit because it would/could drop in the pool. If you did do fruit I would do something like passionfruit because even if they do drop in the pool they're not going to make a mess and are easily picked out. You could mix several vines depending on your preferences. I've done the same thing at my house to hide my neighbor's ugly fence. You can't get in trouble for having a too tall fence because it's not a part of the fence. More on reddit.com
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Tropical plants that do well in direct sun
My main window faces SSE and I have a monstera, burgundy rubber tree, and ficus ruby basically touching the glass so they get direct sunlight for most of the day and are loving life. More on reddit.com
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Tall upright plant suggestions
Firebush (Hamelia patens) is native to Florida, grows quickly, attracts pollinators, and looks good even when it’s not flowering. (Just be careful not to get butterfly bush instead, which is invasive.) If you like cannas, there’s also a Florida native “golden canna” (Canna flaccida). You won’t find either of these in big box stores, unfortunately - I got mine at a plant sale from the Florida Native Plant Society tent. Check their website (fnps.org) for your local chapter, events, etc. EDIT: Added plant genus/species names. More on reddit.com
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What ACTUALLY can survive in full sun?
Wild coffee is not for full sun. Firebush will do fine but you have to plant when it’s cooler, anything will scorch if you try planting in summer. Depending on where you’re located our planting season is sept-March. I have multiple firebushes, cocoplum, beautyberry, myrtle, Simpson’s stopper, wild lantana, wild plumbago and wild lime in full sun. Note that natives in FL don’t grow much for first couple of years, they might even die back and you’ll see regrowth in March. Edited to add I also have Bahama cassia in full sun. More on reddit.com
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r/gardening on Reddit: Please help with ideas for tall tropical plants I can put in this tricky area!
August 31, 2024 -

Our back neighbours recently cut down a huge, gorgeous rainforest tree 😭 so they could make room for their new house and we have lost all privacy. I am wanting to try and grow something between the pool edge and the fence (don't judge, I know it needs replacing!). Can anyone suggest something tropical, tall growing that would tolerate a lot of sun in that small space or am I looking for a unicorn? We are in Sydney, Australia. TIA! 🙏

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Midwest Living
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Turn Your Midwest Backyard Into a Tropical Oasis
February 3, 2025 - Some bromeliads grow best in sun while others prefer shade. A few foliage favorites include Neoregelia spp. (pictured) and 'Guacamole' in green mottled with red. For colorful flowers, try Guzmania spp. or 'Pink Quill.' ... You can definitely think big with bamboo palms—some varieties grow 3 to 8 feet tall! Here, bamboo palm underplanted with calibrochoa helps create upward movement and visual interest. Bamboo palms also make great indoor tropical plants...
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Patuxent Nursery
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Creating Stunning Full Sun Planters With Tropical Plants: Unleashing The Vibrancy Of The Tropics - Patuxent Nursery
February 9, 2025 - Its bright flowers pop out against all else making it an excellent choice for a tropical planter. b) Dipladenia: Another plant that can climb or trail is Dipladenia. With bright flower choices ranging from yellow to red, you cannot go wrong with this “spiller”. To create visually appealing full sun planters, consider the height, texture, and color balance. Choose plants with varying heights to create depth and interest. Place taller plants in the center or towards the back of the planter and surround them with medium-sized and trailing plants.
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Florida Nursery Mart
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Full Sun Plants | Florida Nursery Mart
Like all other agaves, this one ... the full blazing sun. However, its dark... ... Allamanda is a thick bush that can be formed into a nice hedge or used as an accent plant. It... ... This is the Dwarf variety of the Allamanda Bush that blooms from May to November. It is great for trimming... ... This Allamanda is a vigorous growing vine that has a beautiful, antique rose color flower. It is easily maintained to... ... Yellow Allamanda Vine is the definition of tropical...
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Plant Delights
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Cold Hardy Tropical Plants | Exotic Plants for Sale
Exactly which cold hardy tropical plants you can grow in your garden depends on where you live. 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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Bamboo Land
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Plants Tropical foliage
Tall upright stems with tough leathery foliage. Prefers warm humid position free from draughts. ... A multi-stemmed shrub with whorls of strappy green and yellow variegated leaves. A very adaptable plant which can be grown in full sun outdoors, or in lower light levels indoors. A fantastic accent plant in tropical gardens.
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YouTube
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10 Fast & Tall Plants for a Tropical Style Garden - YouTube
The following plants and trees are ideal plants to create height in a tropical style garden (zone 7 - 8). A few of this list are ectually trees, but with the...
Published   November 4, 2022
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Better Homes & Gardens
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23 Tropical Landscape Plants to Fill Your Garden with Color
November 17, 2025 - If you have a water feature and the right climate, papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) can be an easy-care tropical plant to add to your backyard. It can be planted in moist soil along the edge of water, or in a weighted pot right in your pond, with its stems rising above the surface. Growing Conditions: Part or full sun and moist, well-drained soil ... 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.
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Gardening Know How
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Sun Tolerant Tropical Plants: Best Tropical Plants For Full Sun Locations | Gardening Know How
January 14, 2022 - Taro/Elephant ear (Colocasia esculenta) – This tropical favorite may be hardy in zones 8 to 10 but will sometimes survive in zone 7 with protection. Huge, heart-shaped leaves in variations of green, chocolate, black, purple, and yellow make elephant ear plants definite showstoppers.
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Proven Winners
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20 Best Plants for Full Sun and Heat: Top Garden Picks
Grow them in place of shrubs to provide structure and tropical flair to your sun garden. Uses: specimen plant, mass planting, deciduous hedgerow, pollinator garden · Size varies by variety but generally 5.5 - 5’ height. 4 - 5’ spread. Full to part sun (full sun for purple leaf varieties).
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Tropicalgardenslandscape
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Choosing and Maintaining Tropical Plants in Florida: Your All-In-One Resource
This pretty plant will bloom all year if it’s in full sun, offering you an explosion of stunning colors — pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, yellow. How many times in a row can you say “wow” without feeling ridiculous? Hibiscus will test you. Its flowers can be up to nearly 10 inches in diameter at maturity and come in a wide range of colors, from white to red, pink, yellow, and orange. They’re stunning, and they’re the ultimate tropical ...
Published   September 9, 2025
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Monrovia
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The Best Cold Hardy Tropical Plants | Be Inspired
August 11, 2025 - Part of the Poco™ series, this orange hot poker is a long-blooming dwarf variety that is ideal for smaller spaces. With orange spikes of tubular flowers and red tips, this plant blooms continuously from summer to fall. Its grass-like foliage and attractive color give it that distinct "dry tropical" look. Full sun. Up to 14" tall, 21" wide.
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Houzz
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Large, tall houseplants that like full sun and dry air
August 24, 2020 - After binge-watching all those Quintessence videos, I am hankering for more houseplants, especially in our conservatory. Problem is that it is attached to our pool. In the summer, all the doors are open and it is essentially outdoor weather. In the winter, it still gets plenty of sun because it is a...
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Pinterest
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180 Tropical plants full sun ideas
Hardy tropical plants - 'Mekong Giant' banana, variegated Japanese aralia, 'Sun King' Japanese spikenard, agave eryngium
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Epic Gardening
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17 Plants for a Thriving Tropical Landscape
August 9, 2023 - It is less picky about the sun, performing well in full sun and part shade. Some varieties are shrubby, while others tend to climb more. Like most tropicals, it enjoys warm weather and lots of humidity.
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Garden Design
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17 Best Tropical Flowers & Plants to Grow Outdoors | Garden Design
September 12, 2022 - With its eye-catching blooms that flower from early spring to first frost, Hibiscus moschuetos is a wonderful option for adding tropical flair in cold climates. Flowers are large, some varieties reaching up to 8 inches in width. Learn more about growing rose mallow. Pictured: Summerific® 'Berry Awesome' rose mallow from Proven Winners. ... Zones: 5-9, with some exceptions Exposure: Full sun to partial afternoon shade (best flowering in full sun) Height/Spread: 8 to 12 feet tall, 6 to 10 feet wide, depending on the variety