Tropical Plants

Australian nurseries offer a wide range of tropical garden plants for sale online, with both native tropicals and a wide range of exotic plants from around the world available for both the home gardener and landscaper alike.

Many tropical plants thrive in less than ideal conditions with some doing well in cool to temperate climates given a little care and a suitable micro climate.

Most specialist tropical plant nurseries will sell plants by mail order, some are available bare rooted, others as potted specimens. One of the main issues is acclimatizing plants to new conditions, good nurseries will provide some instructions on re establishing plants.

We are great believers in the use of seaweed fertilisers and worm castings when transplanting any plants and tropical plants are no exception.

Cool climate banana trees can be great foliage plants. Many different plants suitable for these environments can be purchased from Tropical Plant Nurseries, Mail Order Nurseries and Specialist Retail Nurseries

Choosing the right tropical plants

Before considering buying tropical plants in is essential to evaluate the climate and position. Some tropical plants will grow well in cooler climates, others will not. Some can cope with an artificial micro climate, a warm sunny position protected from cold winds and frosts with a little added humidity, other plants will simply not survive.

Tropical Trees and Larger Shrubs

The backbone of any garden is always the larger trees and plants and in a tropical garden this is no different, trees and shrubs suitable for this sort of climate include :

Palm Trees, Cycads, Delonix Regia (Royal Poinciana), Dracaena Draco, Medinilla, Hibiscus, Bauhina Purpurea (Orchid Tree), Annona Cherimola 'Cherimoya' (Custard Apple), Tipu Tipuana, Cassia Javanica,

Lower Growing Tropical shrubs and foliage plants

All gardens require plants for underplanting, beneath the large structural trees and shrubs, those suitable to create a tropical look include:

Acalypha, Alpinia, Bougainvillea, Coleos, Coloccasia, Cordylines, Caladiums, Calatheas, Clivia, Croton, Cyathea Cooperi, Calotropis Gigantea, Frangipani, Gardenia, Heliconias, Hibiscus, Impatiens, Iresine, Ixora, Fagraea Berteriana or 'Perfume Flower Tree', Caesalpiniodae 'Candle Bush', Microsorium Scolopendria Plypodium, Philodendron, Liriope, Mandevilla, Musa, Pachystachys lutea Sanchezia Speciosa, Tibouchina Urvilleana, Zingiber

• Palms Trees
• Hibiscus
• Frangipani
• Mussa
• Alocasia
• Colocasia
• Heliconias
• Gingers
• Hoyas
• Strelitzia
  

• Tropical orchids
• Costus
• Cycads
• Bat Plants
• Philodendron
• Anthuriums
• Cordylines
• Crotons
• Water Lilies