Tropical Gardening

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Tropical Gardening

You don?t have to live on a lush island to have a beautiful tropical garden; with careful planning and diligent maintenance, anyone in every climate zone can have their own tropical retreat. Tropical gardening is a rewarding, satisfying and often hair-pulling adventure that many outdoor plant enthusiasts shy away from. Your problem is the further your local weather is from a tropical climate, the harder it will be to keep. Tropical gardening isn’t as difficult as you think; you just need to follow a few rules.

Plan, plan, and plan - first and foremost. Yes, planning is the key to success for any gardening theme you want, especially a tropical garden.

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Tropical Garden Plant Ideas

Tropical Garden Plant Ideas

If you’ve never planted a tropical garden before, you may not be too sure about what types of plants to put into your garden. If there are plants you’ve seen on TV or while on vacation of course, those may come to mind, but other than that you may be at something of a loss. And that’s where this article comes in. There are literally hundreds of different types of plants you can put into a tropical garden, so here we’ll suggest several for you to try your hand at growing.

Keep in mind though, if you don’t live in a tropical area you may have to order these plants online, or ask at your local nursery to see if they can find a source for you to buy them from.

Vinca - These are not technically considered tropical plants, but they’re a wonderful annual flower to use in a tropical garden because they give you instant color from the moment you plant them. They can often be bought as small starter plants, and they grow about ten to twelve inches high. They bloom profusely for months on end, and they tolerate even the worst heat, drought conditions, and poor soil too. They have very smooth glossy green leaves too, and the flower buds form small rosettes as they’re opening.
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