TROPICALS:
LISTINGS & DESCRIPTIONS
SCIENTIFIC
NAMES D - O
DIPLADENIA.
See MANDEVILLA SANDERI.
DRACAENA. Various
forms with ribbon-like, sword-like, or corn-like leaves, some variegated
or striped with red, purple, or white.
EUPHORBIA milii (E. splendens) CROWN
OF THORNS. Sparse leaves on very thorny, woody stems, with clusters
of red or pink bracts.
EVOLVUS glomeratus BLUE
DAZE. Trailing stems with gray green leaves, and small bright blue
morning glory-like flowers.
FICUS. FIGS.
Various varieties, edible and decorative.
GAMOLEPIS BUSH
DAISY. Shrub with feathery foliage, and bright yellow flowers.
GARDENIA jasiminoides (G.
augusta) GARDENIA. Shrub
with dark green, shiny leaves, and very fragrant white flowers, mostly
double.
HELICONIA. Various
banana-like plants, with beautiful flowers, in colors of yellow, red, orange,
and white.
HIBISCUS rosa-sinensis CHINESE
or TROPICAL HIBISCUS. Very showy flowering shrub. Flowers in
a multitude of colors and combinations of colors.
IXORA coccinea JUNGLE
FLAME. Shrub with shiny, leathery leaves, and large clusters of small
flowers in yellow, orange, pink, or red.
JATROPHA hastata. Small
shrub with fiddle shaped leaves, and clusters of scarlet flowers.
LANTANA hybrids. Shrub,
or spreading varieties,with toothed leaves, and clusters of small flowers
in many colors, or combinations.
MANDEVILLA splendens. Aggressively
twining vine with large glossy leaves, and many large flowers, usually
pink, or white.
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MANDEVILLA sanderi DIPLADENIA.
Vine with shiny leaves, free flowering, in red or white.
MUSA BANANA.
Various varieties, edible and ornamental. Large, tropical looking,
with leaves 4 to 20 feet long.
MUSSAENDA. Shrub,
to 6 feet, with showy bracts of white, pink, or red surrounding small yellow
flowers.
NERIUM oleander. Shrub,
or small tree, with narrow green leaves, about four inches, and clusters
of 2 to 3 inch flowers, single or double, in various colors.
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