Growing tropical and exotic plants in any climate

The plant of the day

'Ohi'a lehua
Abutilon megapotamicum
Acacia baileyana
Acacia dealbata
Acacia farnesiana
Acacia melanoxylon
Acacia pravissima
Acer griseum
acerola
Actinidia chinensis
Adenium obesum
Aechmea fasciata
African horned cucumber
Agave americana
Agave sisalana
Albizia julibrissin
Allamanda cathartica
alligator apple
alligator pear
Alocasia macrorrhiza
Alocasia odora
Alocasia sanderiana
Alocasia wentii
Aloe vera
Alpinia zerumbet
althea
Amazon lily
ambarella
American aloe
Anacardium occidentale
Annona glabra
Annona muricata
Annona squamosa
apricot vine
Arabian jasmine
Arbutus unedo
arrowleaf
Artocarpus odoratissimus
arumba
Asimina triloba
Asparagus fallax
Australian blackwood
Averrhoa carambola
avocado
Bailey wattle
banana passion fruit
banana poka
Barbados aloe
Barbados cherry
Bauhinia yunnanensis
beauty of the night
Beesianum jasmine
belhambra
bella ombre
Bengal clock vine
Bengal trumpet
bergamot
Billbergia nutans
bitter orange
black acacia
black fellow's potatoes
blackwood wattle
bleeding heart
blood trumpet vine
blood-red passion vine
blue jacaranda
blue passion flower
blue potato bush
bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
Bouvardia triphylla
bower plant
bower vine
Brasilian jasmine
bridal broom
bridal veil broom
Brugmansia sanguinea
bull-bay magnolia
Burchell's sugarbush
burrawang
Butia yatay
butter pear
butterfly ginger
butterknife tree
butterspoon tree
cabbage palm
cabbage tree
cacao
Caesalpinia gilliesii
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
calamondin
California flannelbush
Calliandra portoricensis
Campsis grandiflora
Campsis radicans
Campsis x tagliabuana
Canary island date palm
cane apples
Cape gooseberry
Cape honeysuckle
Cape jasmine
Cape leadwort
Cape plumbago
carambola
cashew
Casimiroa edulis
Cassia didymobotrya
cassie
ceiba del Brasil
century plant
Cestrum elegans
Cestrum nocturnum
chain fern
Chamelaucium uncinatum
Changshou kumquat
chestnut dioon
Chile lantern tree
Chilean fire bush
Chilean fire tree
Chilean wine palm
Chinese apple
Chinese box
Chinese dwarf banana
Chinese evergreen jasmine
Chinese fan palm
Chinese fountain palm
Chinese gooseberry
Chinese hibiscus
Chinese trumpet creeper
Chinese wisteria
Chorisia speciosa
Citrus aurantium
Citrus bergamia
Citrus maxima
Citrus mitis
Citrus unshiu
Clerodendrum bungei
Clerodendrum thomsoniae
Clerodendrum trichotomum
Clethra arborea
Coccoloba uvifera
cockspur coral tree
cocoa
coffee plum
Colquhounia coccinea
common arum lily
common gardenia
common jasmine
common shuttlecock sugarbush
Comptonia peregrina
Cootamundra wattle
coquito palm
coral plant
Cordyline australis
cork oak
Correa backhousiana
cotton plant
cow itch tree
crape myrtle
crepe myrtle
Crinodendron hookerianum
Crinodendron patagua
Crocosmia masoniorum
cry-baby tree
Cuban royal palm
Cucumis metuliferus
Cunonia capensis
Curacao aloe
curuba equatoriana
curuba india
Cyathea cooperi
Cycas revoluta
Cyperus alternifolius
Cyphomandra betacea
Dalechampia roezliana
date plum
desert jujube
desert rose
Dichroa febrifuga
dinosaur food
Dioon edule
Diospyros lotus
Diostea juncea
Distictis buccinatoria
dragon's eye
dusky coral pea
dwarf jasmine
dwarf poinciana
Echinacea purpurea
Echium fastuosum
Echium pininana
elephant ear
Embothrium coccineum

Eriobotrya japonica
Eryngium foetidum
Erythrina crista-galli
Eucharis amazonica
Eucomis bicolor
Euphoria longan
evergreen magnolia
false sarsaparilla
fatsia
Fatsia japonica
Ficus elastica
firecracker plant
firecracker vine
fitweed
Flacourtia jangomas
florist calla
flowering maple
foetid passionflower
Fortunella hindsii
Fortunella japonica
Fortunella margarita
Fortunella obovata
fountain plant
four o'clock
fragrant granadilla
Fremontodendron californicum
friendship plant
Fuchsia magellanica
Fukushu kumquat
Garcinia mangostana
Gardenia augusta
Gardenia taitensis
Geraldton waxflower
giant elephant ear
giant granadilla
giant gunnera
giant rhubarb
giant taro
giant upright elephant ear
glory bower
golden apple
golden lotus banana
golden trumpet vine
Gossypium herbaceum
granadilla
graviola
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon'
Gunnera manicata
Hardenbergia violacea
hardy elephant ear
hardy fuchsia
harlequin glorybower
Hedychium coronarium
Hibiscus coccineus
Hibiscus heterophyllus
Hibiscus moscheutos
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus splendens
Hibiscus syriacus
Hippophae rhamnoides
Homalocladium platycladum
Hong Kong kumquat
horned melon
huisache
Indian almond
Indian cherry
Indian date
Indian jujube
Indian plum
Ipomoea lobata
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Japanese aralia
Japanese bitter orange
Japanese medlar
Jasminum beesianum
Jasminum nudiflorum
Jasminum officinale
Jasminum polyanthum
Jasminum sambac
Jerusalem thorn
Jovellana violacea
Jubaea chilensis
kapok
Kennedia rubicunda
king sago palm
kiwano
kiwi
kiwifruit
kris Plant
Lacy tree fern
lady of the night
Lagerstroemia indica
Lagunaria patersonii
Lantana camara
lily of the valley tree
Livistona chinensis
long coriander
longan
loquat
love in a mist
lungan
Macrozamia communis
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia tripetala
Malay apple
Malay gooseberry
Malaysian apple
Malpighia glabra
Mandevilla boliviensis
Mandevilla sanderi
Mandevilla splendens
mangosteen
Marumi kumquat
marvel of Peru
Matilija poppy
may apple
maypop
medicinal aloe
Melaleuca nesophila
melon pear
Metrosideros polymorpha
Mexican apple
Mexican bird of paradise
Mexican blood trumpet
Mexican coriander
Mexican fan palm
Mexican hydrangea
mimosa
miniature Chusan palm
miniature date palm
miniature orange
Mirabilis jalapa
mock orange
monkey apple
Morus kagayamae
mountain apple
Mountain Flax
mountain love-in-the-mist
mulberry
Murraya paniculata
Musa acuminata
Musella lasiocarpa
Myoporum laetum
myrte
Myrtus communis
Nagami kumquat
native rosella
Nephelium lappaceum
Nerium oleander
New Zealand flax
ngaio tree
night queen
night-blooming jasmine
Norfolk island hibiscus
oleander
ombu
orange bergamot
orange jessamine
Osteospermum jucundum
otaheite apple
oval kumquat
Pandorea jasminoides
paper flower
paperbark maple
Paraguay nightshade
Parkinsonia aculeata
Passiflora 'Purple Haze'
Passiflora actinia
Passiflora alata
Passiflora antioquiensis
Passiflora x belotii
Passiflora caerulea
Passiflora edulis
Passiflora foetida
Passiflora incarnata
Passiflora laurifolia
Passiflora ligularis
Passiflora lutea
Passiflora mollissima
Passiflora quadrangularis
Passiflora racemosa
Passiflora sanguinolenta
Passiflora tarminiana
Passiflora tulae
Passiflora x violacea
passion fruit
paw paw
peacock flower
Pelargonium tomentosum
peppermint-scented pelargonium
Persea americana
Phoenix canariensis

Phoenix roebelenii
Phormium cookianum
Phormium tenax
Phyllanthus acidus
Physalis peruviana
Phytolacca dioica
pineapple flower
pineapple lily
pink hibiscus
pink hollyhock tree
pink jasmine
pink melaleuca
pink trumpet vine
pink winter jasmine
pistachio
Pistacia vera
Platycarya strobilacea
Plumbago auriculata
Plumeria rubra
plumeria tree
Podranea ricasoliana
poet's jasmine
Poncirus trifoliata
pond apple
poor man's banana
popcorn cassia
port St Johns creeper
potato vine
powder-puff
prickly custard apple
pride of Barbados
pride of Bolivia
pride of Madeira
primrose tree
Protea aurea
Protea burchelli
pummelo
purple cestrum
purple coneflower
purple coral pea
purple dove vine
purple passion fruit
pygmy date palm
queen palm
queen's tears
Queensland tree fern
Queensland umbrella tree
Quercus suber
rambutan
rattlebox
Ravenala madagascariensis
red angel's trumpet
red banana passion flower
red cestrum
Retama monosperma
Rhododendron 'Loderi'
Rhododendron 'Polar Bear'
Rhododendron x 'Red Argenteum'
Rhododendron 'Sir Charles Lemon'
Rhododendron arboreum
Rhododendron macabeanum
ribbon bush
rice paper plant
Romneya coulteri
rooiels
rooting chainfern
rose glory bower
rose mallow
rose of China
rose of Sharon
rosewood
round kumquat
royal palm
Roystonea regia
rubber plant
rubber tree
running pop
Russelia equisetiformis
sago palm
Saigon bauhinia
Sassafras albidum
satsuma mandarin
scarlet angel’s trumpet
scarlet datura
scarlet hibiscus
scarlet rose mallow
scarlet wisteria
Schefflera actinophylla
Schefflera digitata
sea almond
sea buckthorn
sea grape
Sesbania punicea
seven-finger
Seville orange
shaddock
shell ginger
Siberian pineapple
silk floss tree
silk tree
silver vase bromeliad
silver wattle
sky flower
small leaf confederate jasmine
snowflake acacia
snowflake plant
Solanum jasminoides
Solanum muricatum
Solanum rantonnetii
sorrel tree
soursop
Southern magnolia
Spanish flag
Spanish tamarind
Spondias dulcis
star fruit
star gooseberry
strawberry tree
sugar apple
sweet acacia
sweet fern
sweet granadilla
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Syzygium malaccense
tacso
tacso de Castilla
Tahitian gardenia
Tahitian gooseberry
Tahitian tiaré
tamarillo
tamarind
Tamarindus indica
tapeworm plant
tarap
Tasmanian blackwood
Tecoma capensis
temple tree
Terminalia catappa
Tetrapanax papyrifera
Texas star
Theobroma cacao
Thunbergia grandiflora
tipu tree
Tipuana tipu
tower of jewels
Trachelospermum asiaticum
Trachycarpus wagnerianus
trailing abutilon
traveler's palm
traveler's tree
tree echium
tree poppy
tree tomato
Trevesia palmata
trifoliate orange
tropical almond
true jasmine
true myrtle
trumpet creeper
trumpet vine
umbrella magnolia
umbrella plant
umbrella sedge
umbrella tree
Vangueria madagascariensis
velvet correa
virgin palm
Washingtonia robusta
water lemon
West Indian cherry
West Indian jasmine
Wharariki
white arum lily
white dipladenia
white ginger
white sapote
white sassafras
wild kumquat
wild yellow passionflower
wingstem passionflower
winter jasmine
Wisteria sinensis
Woodwardia radicans
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
yautia
yellow bird of paradise
yellow correa
yellow passionflower
yellow star jasmine
yellow water lemon
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Ziziphus mauritiana

Other recent additions

Cunonia capensis, b… 2006/10/24
Crinodendron hooker… 2006/10/12
Crinodendron patagua 2006/10/10
Bouvardia triphylla 2006/10/08
Alocasia sanderiana… 2006/10/05
Sassafras albidum, … 2006/10/04
Allamanda cathartic… 2006/09/23
Mandevilla bolivien… 2006/09/21
Mandevilla splenden… 2006/09/18
Hibiscus moscheutos… 2006/09/17
Campsis x tagliabua… 2006/09/04
Campsis grandiflora… 2006/09/04
Campsis radicans, t… 2006/09/03
Mandevilla sanderi,… 2006/09/03
Platycarya strobila… 2006/09/02
Acer griseum, paper… 2006/08/29
Homalocladium platy… 2006/08/15
Dioon edule, virgin… 2006/08/14
Clerodendrum thomso… 2006/08/13
Adenium obesum, des… 2006/08/12