Need some color in your home? We suggest buying a bromeliad flower or two. You might not have heard the name before, but chances are you'll know these pineapple-like tropical plants when you see them.

Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae genera) are tropical-looking epiphytes that are easy to care for in average home conditions. Though there are about 2,500 species plus thousands of hybrids and cultivars, the ...

My garden includes — or has included — a range of plants from Mediterranean climates, other interesting regions and other categories. This diversity reflects my appeal for attractive blossoms or ...

Everything tropical is in demand right now. Perhaps it's because of the Maui or Fiji vacations that we have missed due to the pandemic, but everything from tropical summertime drinks to tropical home ...

Bromeliads are tough, reliable and incredibly beautiful tropical or semi-tropical plants that possess colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. Very undemanding and easy to grow, their main ...

I recently struck up a conversation with a stranger (as gardeners often do) — a fellow plant-aholic — while visiting a local nursery. She saw me eyeing a colorful bromeliad and offered that she’s ...

Anyone seeing a white jacaranda (Jacaranda puberula), also known as caroba, blooming in the sandbank forest might assume that the leafy tree could not survive in such sandy soil. They would be right.

Bromeliad grower Jeanne Garman despairs over the loss of local interest in a showy plant that has consumed her free time for more than 50 years. Even her own collection has dwindled from thousands to ...