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These plants often have a distinctive look about them, which makes them even more attractive for regions of the country where everybody else is planting "the same old same old" in their gardens.

Butterflies, bees and hummingbirds are attracted to these gardens, which makes a tropical garden all the more pleasurable during the season.

You can grow a broad assortment of tropical plants. Some demand a great deal of heat while others need plenty of water.

Most do not endure freezing temperatures.

To deal with that problem, people in cooler regions create tropical container gardens that can be brought inside when cold winter temperatures pop up.

This protects the plants and brightens up the house during those dull winter days.

Most tropical garden plants need plenty of sunlight, so make sure to pick out the brightest place on your land for your garden. Create your tropical garden in areas that receive at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily.

Many tropical plants flourish on abnormal watering practices. The bougainvillea plant, for instance, grows in regions of the world that can have pouring rain for weeks, and then months of dry patches (rainy and dry seasons).

Bougainvillea

You can imitate these circumstances when growing bougainvilleas in your tropical garden by sprinkling them very well for a week or two, then do not water them for approximately a month. You will discover that these tropical plants appear to bloom their best if they've been distressed with long dry periods.

Bougainvillea climb as a vine, although they can also be pruned into small shrubs and bushes. These plants have nasty thorns on them that cause injury if you snag a body part on one. They'll soon teach you not to be an inattentive gardener.

Esperanza and Spanish Broom

Esperanza and Spanish Broom are two more first-class plants to add to your tropical garden. They do really well in very dry gardens also, since they're both heat and drought tolerant. In spite of their hardiness, both of these plants make gorgeous, bright yellow flowers, and they flower endlessly from spring through to fall.

Other Tropical Plants

Here are a few other popular plants for your tropical garden:

• Dwarf Ylang
• Joy Perfume Tree
• Miracle Fruit
• Lipstick Palm
• Nepal Trumpet Flower
• Sad Tree
• Chinese Perfume Plant

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