Creating Fairy Fun The Tropical Grower is sharing How to Create a Fairy Path Through Raised Tree Roots because who doesn’t need a little magic in their lives. And what better place than your Garden or around your home, to let those creative juices flow and make something special. Now, I cannot promise a fairy…
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…
Water Lilies Are Gorgeous The Tropical Grower is showing off our lovely Water Lilies this week with How to Grow Water Lilies At Home. No lie, I longed for Water Lilies. They are one of my absolute favorites. And you would think in a Tropical Zone, it would have been a given, we have a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Get the Mud Off Your Shoes The Tropical Grower is sharing How to Create a Rock or Shell Path this week in the hopes you’ll get the mud off your shoes. Both Rock and Shell paths, or whole areas, add texture to your garden. Layers of interest, contract, and color. They define space. Give your…
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…
The Easiest of All Grows The Tropical Grower is back to its roots with How to Grow Bromeliads, the easiest of all Tropical plants. In fact, they are so easy they rival cactus for the top spot in simplest houseplants to keep alive. Growing Tropical, you can stick them in any well draining, shady to…