These interesting tropical plants can thrive in just about any home.

Tropical plants are filling our homes and workspaces, adding beauty, relieving stress and boosting creativity, productivity and focus. Keep these plants healthy and looking their best by providing for ...

There is a trend of growing plants that take a lot of care to flourish in the desert. These include tropical or subtropical plants for permaculture “food forests” like avocado and sapote and tender ...

These tropical shade plants are ideal for harmonizing your energy, creating elegant spaces—even in small areas—and are ...

It’s easy to have a touch of the tropics on your patio or deck, and planting pollinator gardens including those for butterflies has become very popular. KSTP’s Home and Garden expert Larry Pfarr has ...

Sooner or later, it is said, everything old is new again. But 65 million years old? Bromeliads, which shared the Earth in the Cretaceous Era with dinosaurs, and which have been a staple of indoor ...

Tropical plants are known for their lush green foliage. However, there are a few species that stand out for their fiery red leaves! The distinct foliage comes in all shades of red and displays its ...

Question: How do I plant and care for tropical bird of paradise? These are those very pretty flowering plants with banana-like leaves you see in San Diego or other places where it does not freeze.

Abutilons, also known as flowering maple (Abutilon spp.), can make a stunning addition to your garden. Well-loved pollinators such as butterflies and hummingbirds adore these plants, and their ...

Snake plants require very little attention and can survive in areas with low light. They also need very little water, and you should let them dry out completely between watering. Basically, if you ...

As the warm weather of late spring arrives and we look around our landscapes, the mildness of last winter becomes apparent. Tropical plants on the south shore were barely touched by winter cold, and ...