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How to Grow Bougainvillea Outside

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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How to Grow Water Lilies At Home

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…

How to Grow Schefflera Outside
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How to Grow Schefflera Outside

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…

How to Transplant Large Leaf Philodendron Outside
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How to Transplant Large Leaf Philodendron Outside

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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How to Grow Bromeliads At Home

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…

How to Grow Wildflowers in Your Yard
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How to Grow Wildflowers in Your Yard

The Fantastically Simple Grow The Tropical Grower is adding wildflowers to the mix with How to Grow Wildflowers in Your Yard because I was inspired.  A single Wildflower is beautiful, but a field of them is magical.  Absolutely inspiring.  This week I’m up on My Daddy’s mountain for a visit, and the wildflowers climbing the…

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How to Grow Red Lobster Claw Heliconia

Fancy, Huh? The Tropical Grower is featuring another one of our favorites this week with How to Grow Red Lobster Claw Heliconia.  Its large thin paddle leaf stalks are distinctly Tropical, filling an area and finishing with the amazing bright Red Lobster Claws.  We loved the red show so much, I transplanted it into several…

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How to Grow Dragon Fruit

It’s a Cactus. The Tropical Grower is featuring How to Grow Dragon Fruit this week.  Throughout the Summer, on occasion, when Tropical Plants are at their finest, we thought The Tropical Grower should keep with its namesake and feature How to Grow some Tropical Plants.  And what better way to start than with Dragon Fruit.  …

How to Grow Leafy Greens
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How to Grow Leafy Greens

The Stuff Salads are Made Of. The Tropical Grower is finishing up our growing your own food at home series this week with How to Grow Leafy Greens.  Yup, Lettuce.  I’m a fan.  In fact, it’s an extremely odd day if I don’t have a salad for at least one meal.  If it has steak…

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How to Grow Common Beans & Peas

Quick Easy Grows. The Tropical Grower has returned to our growing your own food at home series this week with How to Grow Common Beans & Peas.  You can’t get much simpler than Beans.  They literally have had a grade school lesson on the curriculum forever about growing, and they use Beans.  Remember the big…