Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #77, 1 by prita

prita wrote:
mjsponies, that is a very nice shot of your cuphea micropetala, It look like it might be a hummingbird magnet with it's tubular flowers.
How exciting for you with a new flower bed in Florida. The first plant that comes to mind are Bromeliads, there are so many beauties to choose from. You could even attach them to the trees like candela does in her garden.
Hostas would be very pretty as well. There are so many cultivars of Hostas with unique foliage, color and textures but I have no idea what varieties will do well in the heat. I have one left growing in a pot.
I hope someone else has a few more suggestions for you, I bet by next spring that flower bed will be fabulous!!

This is a bloom from my Aechmea Alvarez.

This message was edited Jul 5, 2010 6:30 AM