tropical plants?

[Klean Kutz Landscape]

i've got a landscape job coming up, for southeast texas weather. could someone please recommend some good tropical plants pls. this guy want his back yard to tropical, i know some palms, banana trees and hibiscus, but is there anything else that is tropical theme that works good down here. thanks.

[Scott]

I use a lot of liropie, split leaf philodendrons, elephant ears, century catcus looks good too in the mix, various different palms, banana trees, hibiscus, and a few large rocks.

[cole1980]

Klean,

Look for a bottle brush little john(shrub). Very tropical kinda expensive but very unique and fairly low maintenance. I put a few in a tropical setting I did a few weeks ago, along w/banana trees, couple cega palms, a fan palm, hibiscus, some large rock.

[grasschaser]

Add a little verigated ginger in the mix they add good color. Canna lillys are also good looking in a tropical landscape. Also add some ixora(hope i spelled it right) it has beutiful flowers and forms a tropical shrub. Plus add everything else everyone said.

[grasschaser]

Here are a few more that I used and looked good. staghorn fern, bamboo, jasmine, mandevilla, anthuriums, asparagus fern, bromeliads and bird of paradise. There are numerous others I just can not think of right now. These are a few that I used and they looked good. Remember with a tropical setting you want a natural look not the groomed hedge look. You want colors and textures. Did you try to sell him on a water feature of some kind? It does not have to be big because people like the idea of hearing water when sitting in their gardens. You may also try to sell him on a sprinkler system since you are going to have the ground dug up anyway. That will add some dollars to your bottom line.

[grasschaser]

Here are a few more plants i just thought of, purple fountain grass, wandering jew, crotons, oleander, tree ferns and heliconias. I hope this is helping you.

[grasschaser]

Don't forget the hydrangea. They just keep coming to me.

[Klean Kutz Landscape]

hehe thanks all and grassmaster. lots of stuff to go by

[grasschaser]

Klean Kutz take pictures and e-mail them to me when you are finished. I would like to see what you created.