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How to Grow Bougainvillea Outside
ByTheTropicalGrower December 3, 2023December 3, 2023

Use Rose Gloves The Tropical Grower is featuring some of Our Gardens oldest plants this week in How to Grow Bougainvillea Outside. If your Growing Tropical and want a hearty grower, leafy green all year with bursts of color most of it, Bougainvillea is gorgeous. But, if you’re opposed to thorns, you should think twice…

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Creating Interest | Cuttings | Growing Tropical | Hedge Rows | Making Baby Plants | Propagating | Schefflera | Screening | Training & Trimming | Tropical Plants | Umbrella Tree

How to Grow Schefflera Outside
ByTheTropicalGrower October 21, 2023August 25, 2025

Schefflera or Umbrella Trees, Same Thing The Tropical Grower is back to tropical basics with How to Grow Schefflera Outside. Schefflera, also called Umbrella, trees are cornerstones in Our Garden, meaning they are building blocks of the beds and areas we landscape. Not only are Schefflera trees distinctly tropical in feel and completely trainable, they…

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Creating Interest | Large Leaf Philodendron | Making Baby Plants | Philodendron | Philodendron Tree | Planting Plans | Propagating | Screening | Training & Trimming | Transplanting Plants

How to Transplant Large Leaf Philodendron Outside
ByTheTropicalGrower October 5, 2023October 21, 2023

The Tropical Grower is featuring How to Transplant Large Leaf Philodendron Outside because I had the chance to transplant 3 a couple of weeks ago, and the information out there is seriously lacking. The problem is most people grow these as houseplants, and I didn’t need to repot one. The plants being transplanted were bigger…

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Growing Tropical | Hurricane Ian | Palm Trees | Restoration | Storm Prep | Training & Trimming | Tropical Plants

‘How To’ Tips on Preparing Your Garden for Storms
ByTheTropicalGrower September 16, 2023October 21, 2023

Oh No, It’s Coming Your Way The Tropical Grower is sharing some of our ‘How To’ Tips on Preparing Your Garden for Storms in the hopes of saving some planties. With the passing of Hurricane Idalia, as forecasted, the ‘I’ named storm missed us this year. Whoosh! My prep for it was minimal. Unlike for…

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Creating Interest | DIY | Growing Tropical | Hedge Rows | Quick Fix | Screening | Sweet Potatoes | Training & Trimming | Uncategorized | Vegetables | Vine Screen

How to Throw Up a Quick Vine Screen
ByTheTropicalGrower August 26, 2023October 21, 2023

You’re Exposed, Now What? The Tropical Grower is creating cover this week with How to Throw Up a Quick Vine Screen. We’ve all been there. A weird creepy neighbor or just an overly curious one moves in. A big old tree falls over in a storm. You lose the hedge row to Code Enforcement or…

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Beans | Bougainvillea | DIY | Dragon Fruit | Growing Tropical | Hurricane Ian | Schefflera | Squash | Sweet Potato | Training & Trimming | Tropical Plants | Vegetables

How to Train Your Plants
ByTheTropicalGrower July 28, 2023March 24, 2025

Do You Have Dragons? The Tropical Grower is talking taming plants this week with How to Train Your Plants. We definitely have some dragons, also known as heavily growing planties, here in our Tropical Zone. Whether you are Growing Tropical or find your green in more northern regions, some form of Training is necessary to…

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Bougainvillea | Building Paths | Create A Tunnel | Creating Interest | DIY | Dragon Fruit | Growing Tropical | Hedge Rows | Schefflera | Screening | Training & Trimming | Tropical Plants

How to Create A Tunnel Through Your Vegetation
ByTheTropicalGrower July 22, 2023August 25, 2025

Crazy Dramatic & Fun The Tropical Grower is sharing one of our favorite features this week in How to Create a Tunnel Through Your Vegetation. Do you have a bunch of dense growth all together? Is it keeping you from walking through or slapping you in the face? Is it just kind of a green…

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