Tropicals


Florida Palm Trees Provides Articles and Tips on how to care for a Palm Tree including planting, watering, fertilizing, and dealing with insects and diseases. Huge database of Palm Trees with detailed description and colorful photos.

Spices & Medicinals of the Ginger Family Of the 1200 ginger species in the world many nurseries have collections of ornamental gingers that have beautiful flowers. Our interest is in the 100 or so species we have found in literature that are used by people as food, spice and medicine.

Texas Master Gardener Handbook: House Plants - chapter designed to familiarize the reader with the basic aspects of tropical plant care.

Tropical Plant Database Raintree's website is dedicated to providing information and education on the important plants of the Amazon Rainforest, therefore this section is the most extensive. The Plant Database section is continuously under construction as we continue to add more rainforest plants which are under research.

Tropicals Forum This forum is meant for those growing tropical plants, indoors and

The Wise Gardener A tropical plant-oriented web-site based in Zone 10: featuring monthly articles on various palms, along with information on growing cactus and succulents.  Tropical cooking recipes featuring a highlighted monthly herb &/or spice.  Garden decorating ideas submitted by our readers, and links to Botanical Societies, sub-tropical Public Gardens, Web-Rings, and Travel Destinations, with an emphasis on "exceptionally outstanding garden spots"!

All About Gingers These pages are dedicated to the ornamental cultivation of plants from the families Zingiberaceae and Costaceae, commonly known as "gingers". Gingers are wonderful garden plants for the Southern United States and other parts of the world with warm humid climates. Many can also be grown in pots, lifted and overwintered indoors, or grown in conservatories in areas where the winter temperatures are too cold for year round outdoor ginger growing.

The Plumeria Place flowering tropical trees, you know them as fiangipani.


The Exotic Plumeria Helpful Hints for growing your Plumeria

Malcolm Manner's Homepage A great site if you've got a question about tropical or subtropical gardening. Dr. Manners knows stuff about plant disease and loves old roses, and besides, he's also a nice guy.

National Tropical Botanical Garden - engaged in the struggle to save the tropical plant world, which is under threat from all sides.

Brandt's Palm and Tropical/Sub-tropical Tree Page An alphabetized listing (by botanical name) of trees (mostly tropical and sub-tropical), palms and a few other plants on the web.

Introduction to the Cycads: Legacy of the Mesozoic Good general information on cycads.

Andy Boze's Cycad Page Good general information and photos.