Articles related to "Tropical Look"

How to grow beautiful cannas (Canna generalis). The most common is the red canna, but others can be found with burgundy leaves and hot orange flowers.

For Casual Fridays, you can easily sew casual-fitting clothing.

See the best of the new annual plants available to home gardeners in 2008. New colors, healthier plants and interesting flower forms can all be found.

The bonsai plant is a beautiful sight to behold. These miniature plants and trees require some care and reward by providing an indoor garden in winter and year-round joy.

"Magic" is a word often used to describe Cascade Head, a high headland jutting into the Pacific Ocean just north of Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast.

Many tropical plants that grace southern gardens do well indoors as house plants. Bring the feel of the tropics indoor by growing tropical plants.

The following highlighted garden may inspire you to create a sunken garden like the famous Butchart Garden in British Columbia - with a tropical landscape twist.

An easy to follow tutorial on planting and getting the best blooms out of hardy hibiscus acetosella.

The Mexican Hydrangea is an import from China. The flowers smell wonderful, and both the flowers and and the leaves are beautiful.

While silk and plastic greenery has its perks, natural items from produce to dried flowers offer interesting, authentic possibilities.

While many of the most familiar bulbs are planted in the fall there are several varities of bulbs, corms and tubers which can be planted in the spring.

Pawpaws, enjoyed by mammals, Indians, early settlers, and slaves, are abundant in the park environment. Try a recipe for the wild food or propagate an edible landscape.

Very few foliage plants have firecracker red leaves, but many have burgundy or maroon foliage that glow red when the sun shines through them - and some are truly red.

Fruit trees and vegetable plants are great garden choices but should be blended into the landscape. In other words you may not really want a totally edible garden.

Echinacea (coneflower) hybrids are up-to-the-minute plant breakthroughs. American plant breeders work to bring bright flower and plant color to landscape garden designs.