You don't have to live on a sun-drenched island to turn your yard into a tropical getaway. Plant a tree with exotic ... Plumeria rubra make flowers that pair a bit of red with another striking ...

Nutmeg has become a common spice around the world, especially when the temperatures drop and it gets added to all manner of ...

Few plants are as beautiful and useful as the Tropical American lipstick tree (Bixa orellana), also ... growth habit and large leaves accented with red veins and rust-colored twigs.

Royal poinciana (Delonix regia): A tropical tree that produces red flowers and is a common throughout South Florida. Grows well on the beaches and mid- to southern Merritt Island. A freeze on ...

There are five plants you can ... in summer.” 5. Red hot pokers The final plant Griffiths named were red hot pokers which he admitted are not technically tropical but give that “vibe.” ...

president of the Tropical Flowering Tree Society, to learn about the general care of tropical flowers. Consider light availability and needs. Before planting tropical flowers indoors or outdoors ...

There must be nearly 2,000 species in this family, and as native plants, they are distributed pretty much all over the world, in temperate and tropical ... Both have bright red flowers (corollas ...

These forests are found worldwide and are in temperate or tropical ecosystems ... is dark brown to red and aromatic. The tree produces fragrant gold, yellow, or green flowers in the spring ...

Semal tree (Bombax ceiba) is a tropical tree species that has ... Generally, the flowers of this tree are red. Its fruits are large and oval. Semal with yellow flowers are rarely found.

In the 20th century, University of Hawaii College of Tropical ... tulip. Flowers are yellow, fragrant and form in terminal clusters. Male and female flowers are born on separate trees, so two ...

ARNOLD, Mo. — Late every spring, tropical trees start to pop up all over the St. Louis area. Most palms don't and won't grow in Missouri or Illinois. "Weather is the issue," explains David Knoll ...