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10 Top Tropicals for Gardens and Containers

by: Chip Tynan

In recent years a wonderful array of tropical, subtropical, and tender perennial plants have become more widely available to gardeners. These may be marketed as summer annuals for in-ground beds or for patio containers, and include plants noteworthy for showy foliage, as well as exotic bloom. Most flourish in regions that receive hot, humid weather in summer, and many flower from early summer until frost.

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Asclepias curassavica

Brugmansia x candida

Canna 'Striata'

Colocasia esculenta

Cuphea ‘David Verity’

Euphorbia cotinifolia

Ipomoea batatas

Manihot esculenta ‘Variegata’

Musa basjoo

Salvia splendens 

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