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Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean, French Vanilla, Vanilla Orchid. Make your own vanilla! Fast growing, providing right conditions for orchids. Bright filtered light, high humidity.
Watch video: How to produce my own Vanilla? Secrets of Vanilla pollination.

Powderpuff Combretum - very showy beautiful vining shrub with red flowers. Can be trained into a small tree standard. Easy to grow and undemanding, it only requires regular water to establish, then can be drought tolerant. Blooms almost year round in warm climates. Responds well to pruning.

Akee (Ackee) - rare fruit tree, hard to find National fruit of Jamaica. Delicious when fried! This showy fruit is a close relative of Lychee, Longan, and Rambutan. The tree is easy in cultivation, fast growing and can be maintained compact. It is not bugsy or picky about soil/water conditions, and is relatively cold tolerant for being a tropical tree. You can find delicious akee meals only in Jamaican restaurants. But no need to search for it - grow your own tree, it can't be easier. It will start fruiting for you the next season, you don't have to wait long. Sometimes it fruits twice a year! However remember, the fruit is used as a vegetable, and is not eaten raw. It must be picked AT THE RIGHT TIME after the fruit has opened naturally so the flesh is fully exposed to light, otherwise it is poisonous. When the fruit has "yawned", discard the seeds (or better plant them to grow more trees - to share with your friends!). The arils, while still fresh and firm, are best parboiled in salted water or milk and then lightly fried in butter. Then they are really delicious. Just add Bacon to complete your meal! Somewhat cold-hardy once established.
See Articles about Akee:
What is Akee?
Akee Tree.
Watch the video: How to cook perfect Akee?

Wax Hearts, Sweetheart Hoya, Valentine Hoya, Heart leaf. Hoya kerrii - Sweetheart Plant - makes an ideal houseplant. It has become increasingly popular in recent years. Unusual and quirky "heart" shape leaves appeal to anyone looking for that special novelty gift for their plant enthusiast friend.

Betel leaf - very popular Indian spice with medicinal properties. Great for wrapping food (similar to grape leaves). See Article about this plant.

Croton Petra is one of the most popular and colorful croton varieties, prized for its bold, tropical foliage. The broad oval leaves feature striking yellow veins and a vibrant mix of green, yellow, orange, and red. New growth starts in bright yellow-green tones and deepens to rich burgundy as the leaves mature. This upright, bushy plant adds instant color and texture to any space - perfect for containers, landscapes, or even as a showy houseplant.

Hawaiian Sunset Bell. The stunning flower has splendid rich tones that are a marvel to see! This tropical vine is definitely a must in any tropical collection since it has so many great features: fast growing, takes from full sun to deep shade, beautiful tri-color sunset-bright scented flowers, large tropical-looking velvet leaves, blooms sporadically year round, relatively cold hardy, can be grown in container and easily controlled. See Article about this plant.

Chinese hat, Cup and Saucer, Parasol Flower, Mandarins hat. Unique flowers are the main interest of this scrambling shrub: each is a narrow, orange-scarlet tube backed by a broad, circular calyx.

Bilimbi, Cucumber tree, Tree Sorrel. Pretty tropical fruit tree with curious acid fruit that is good for drinks and has high content of vitamin C. See Article about this plant.
See picture of the actual tree for sale.

Coconut palm. "Symbol of the tropics", often used as a houseplant. Fast growing palm proven to help clean indoor air of smoke and harmful chemicals. Bares coconuts 12 months a year for fresh coconut milk and copra (dried coconut).
We do not ship coconut palms to CA, TX, AZ, LA!

Sacred Buddhist, Wondrous Wrightia. A rare plant with heavily fragrant flowers. This variety is easier to grow than double flower variety; it is more vigorous. May drop leaves in winter.

Beautiful white hybrid of Mussaenda - Dona Aurora. Medium size shrub with lush soft foliage and bright orange star-like flowers, surrounded by large white bracts. The plant is sensitive to freeze. Can be grown in container. Requires good drainage and prefers to be on a dry side.

Heaven Lotus is a rare, small tropical tree from Brazil. Its spectacular, fragrant flowers resemble lotus blooms and are as beautiful as they are unique. These large, striking flowers have white and pink petals, and their sweet fragrance is so captivating that the central crown almost looks good enough to eat!
The tree features a straight trunk with large, palm-like leaves and may develop branches as it matures.
Its fascinating fruit grows directly on the trunk and contains edible, yellowish-orange pulp, said to resemble meat when boiled. The tree's wood is used in construction, and its leaves have medicinal uses. A true gem for collectors, this unique tree can even be grown in containers, making it a standout addition to any tropical garden.

Coffee - the most popular fruit tree suitable for indoors. Shade loving plant, easy to grow, providing regular water.
See video about Coffee tree: GROW your own COFFEE plant - Free Coffee Everyday.

Patchouli, Pucha-pat - fragrant herb yielding a volatile oil by distillation. It is used in coarser perfumes and in 'White Rose' and 'Oriental' toilet soaps. Sachets are made of the coarsely-powdered leaves. Often grown in Indian gardens for home use.

French Perfume Jasmine, Poets jasmine - very fragrant! Essential oil of this jasmine is one of the most important components in perfumery. Grown in the perfume fields of Southern France.Semi-evergreen to deciduous vine. This vine has lots of fragrant white flowers in spring, summer, and fall. Drought and pollution tolerant. Jasmine associates nicely with climbing roses, honeysuckle or clematis, but it looks superb grown on its own. The species is hardy. It has good tolerance to a wide range of temperatures and is easily maintained in pots.

Fruit cocktail shrimp plant, golden lime colored bracts accented by bright red flowers crown.

Blue sage, blue eranthemum - bright gentian blue - an unusual color in the tropics, winter bloomer, shade lover.
Learn more about Eranthemum pulchellum: Blue Sage: Winter Wonder.

Dwarf Tree Jasmine. A very rare small Thai tree with extremely fragrant flowers. The scent resembles roses, juicy fruit, candies, fine cologne all together and can be smelled from many yards away. Leaves are very ornamental and have a fountain-like architecture. In Thailand, the tree symbolizes simplicity, endurance, advancement, and peacefulness. Extract from these flowers is used in village pharmacy as relaxant and aphrodisiac.

Aztec Sweet Herb, Sweetleaf - Mexican herb with an incredibly sweet leaf. Leaves can be eaten from the plant like candy or tossed into fruit salads for an unusual addition. It is used since the time of the Aztecs for coughs and colds.

Purple Horn-of-Plenty. Very easy to germinate, fast growing. Nice compact plant with fragrant flowers, can be grown indoors.
Cover with 3/8" soil. Keep warm, damp and in bright light.

Cashmere bouquet, Glory Bower - ideal for the container grown patio plant, very fragrant and will attract butterflies to the large flower trusses. Hardy to zone 8. Enjoy clusters of sweetly scented, pink flowers that attract butterflies and other pollinators. They open in terminal panicles up to six inches across. Dark green leaves often tinged purple are up to 8 inches long. This plant can be grown as a compact shrub or allowed to spread. Can tolerate light freezes, rejuvenating each spring. It thrives in full sun to part shade and is drought-tolerant once established. Keep the soil moist during the growing season. Regular pruning helps maintain its shape and encourages more blooms.

Dwarf Pomegranate - compact fruiting shrub that is often used for bonsai. Fruit are smaller than regular pomegranate, but also edible, although somewhat acid. Mostly used as cute ornamental specimen.
See Article about Pomegranate.

Australian Tree fern - one of the most tropical looking plants. Adds "Hawaii" spirit to your garden. It puts on growth very quickly. The fronds typically will reach about 8' long on a mature specimen, but, as with most tree ferns, they will be significantly stunted if kept in a pot. It will grow well in dappled (but not deep) shade, but also does well in some sun, even in hot climates, as long as the moisture supply is adequate. It also does relatively well in exposed, windy situations.
Read more:
Australian Tree Fern - a botanical marvel