
Tropical Landscape Design
Recommended Plants

Hydrangea Nikko Blue
Shrubs
The Nikko has large, round, flower heads that are a bold blue. THe flower color of the Nikko depends on the acidity level of the soil.

Ilex Schilling
Shrubs
Trouble-free, medium growing hedge or background for flower borders. Popular foundation plant. Durable and long-lived.

Indian Hawthorne
Shrubs
Indian hawthornes are compact evergreen shrubs that grow 3 to 5 feet in height eventually forming a mound that is about…

Italian Cypress
Trees
They grow almost everywhere, require little water, and can adapt to almost any soil type.

Ixora Maui
Shrubs
Ixora may be the most common flowering shrub seen in Florida, It has many uses and produces a lovely bouquet of red or yellow flowers.

Jack Frost
Shrubs
Fast growing dense upright shrub or small tree with large shiny dark green leaves and strongly fragrant creamy flowers in May.

Japanese Blueberry Tree
Trees
Excellent street or lawn or evergreen tree. Moderate grower with bronzy new growth maturing to a deep glossy green.

Juniper Parsoni
Shrubs
Parson's juniper is a ground hugging evergreen conifer with flat, feathery branches and both scaly and needlelike leaves.

King Sago
Palms
Cycas revoluta, one of the most primitive living seed plants, are very unusual and popular ornamentals.

Knockout Rose
Shrubs
This shrub rose set a new standard in disease resistance with little to no maintenance required.

Lantana
Grasses
Lantana will add vibrant long-lasting color to shrub groupings. This is a fast growing shrub that is quick to flower.

Lemon-Lime Warnecki
Shrubs
This plant is noted for its yellowish/lime green stripes on the leaves rather than the white stripes of the regular warneckii.

Ligustrum
Shrubs
Japanese privet is an attractive and tough plant that requires little care.

Ligustrum Sinesis
Shrubs
This semi-evergreen shrub that is useful for brightening any dull areas.

Ligustrum Tree
Trees
Considered one of the Staples of the Florida landscapes. Can be a very formal centerpiece to any landscape.

Lirope Evergreen Giant
Grasses
Use liriope to outline planting beds and to trace the route of paths and walkways.

Live Oak
Trees
Live oak is a large spreading tree of the lower Coastal Plain from southeastern Virginia to southern Florida and to southern Texas.

Live Oak Extra Large
Specimens
Live Oak Extra Large

Live Oak Large
Specimens
Live Oak Large

Loquat Tree
Trees
A tree of moderate size, the loquat may reach 20 ft plus. It has arounded crown, short trunk, and woolly new twigs.

Loropetalum
Shrubs
The semi-evergreen perennial can be used as a large border plant or specimen shrub.Flowers…

Loropetalum Bonzai
Specimens
Loropetalum Bonzai

Magnolia
Trees
Magnolia has a compact and pyramidal growth habit and is evergreen. This cultivar does not produce as many flowers as…

Magnolia Braken Brown Beauty
Trees
It is a compact cultivar that typically grows to 30’ tall with a dense, narrow, pyramdial-oval crown…