Tropicals Plants native to frost-free areas near the equator KEY: Provides food for butterflies Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds 25 Bird of Paradise Strelitzia reginae • Half-hardy clumping plant • 3 ft x 4 ft • Part shade • Regular water • Spring-frost bloom • Native to S Africa • Hardy to 25° • Giant form: Strelitzia nicolai 15 ft x 6 ft Bougainvillea Bougainvillea glabra • Half-hardy evergreen vine 12 ft x 8 ft • Sun • Low water • Spring-fall bloom • Native to S Am • Many colors of bracts • Salt tolerant • Hardy to 25º Firebush Hamelia patens • Deciduous shrub or root-hardy perennial 12 ft x 8 ft • Sun • Low water • Summer-fall bloom • Native to MX & C Am • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant • Texas Superstar Firespike Odontonema tubiforme • Evergreen shrub 6 ft x 3 ft • Part shade/sun • Medium water • Summer-fall bloom • Native to C Am • Salt tolerant • Stems hardy to upper 20° Shell Ginger Alpinia zerumbet • Sub-tropical evergreen perennial 5 ft x 3 ft • Shade • Low water • Native to India • Hardy to mid 20º • Salt tolerant • Deer resistant
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TropicalsPlants native to frost-free areas near the equator
KEY:Provides food for butterflies
Provides food & nesting for hummingbirds
Provides food, cover, or nesting for birds
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Bird of ParadiseStrelitzia reginae
• Half-hardy clumping plant
• 3 ft x 4 ft• Part shade• Regular water• Spring-frost
bloom• Native to S
Africa • Hardy to 25°• Giant form:
Strelitzia nicolai15 ft x 6 ft
BougainvilleaBougainvillea glabra
• Half-hardy evergreen vine 12 ft x 8 ft
• Sun• Low water• Spring-fall
bloom• Native to S Am• Many colors of
bracts• Salt tolerant• Hardy to 25º
FirebushHamelia patens
• Deciduous shrub or root-hardy perennial 12 ft x 8 ft
• Sun
• Low water
• Summer-fall bloom
• Native to MX & C Am
• Salt tolerant
• Deer resistant
• Texas Superstar
FirespikeOdontonema tubiforme
• Evergreen shrub 6 ft x 3 ft
• Part shade/sun• Medium water• Summer-fall bloom• Native to C Am• Salt tolerant• Stems hardy to
upper 20°
Shell GingerAlpinia zerumbet
• Sub-tropical evergreen perennial 5 ft x 3 ft
• Shade• Low water• Native to India• Hardy to mid 20º• Salt tolerant• Deer resistant
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JatrophaJatropha
integerrima• Evergreen tropical shrub
10 ft x 8 ft• Sun/part shade• Low water• Spring-fall coral bloom• Native to the Caribbean• Root hardy, stems hardy
to upper 20º• All parts of plant are toxic• Salt tolerant• Deer resistant
Dwarf OleanderNerium oleander hybrid
• Dwarf varieties 6 ft x 6 ft
• Sun/part sun• Low water• Spring-fall bloom• Native to Asia &
Mediterranean• Salt tolerant• Root hardy to 10º• All parts of plant are
poisonous• Deer resistant• Susceptible to Oleander