TOP 12 TROPICAL PLANTS TO GROW IN A COLD CLIMATE

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Clumping Bamboo
If you are thinking about getting some bamboo for your tropical paradise, good choice. And make sure you read our post on how to grow bamboo. The trick here is to know the difference between clumping bamboo, and running bamboo. Plant the latter only if you want your home, yard and the nearest neighbors to be swallowed whole by the plant. Clumping bamboo has none of it?s more aggressive cousins nasty qualities, but all of the good ones. Photo by ?Bella Bree?.
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Elephant Ears
Elephant Ear is a tender tuber that can be planted anywhere, as long as you lift the tubers after the first frost and store indoors until spring. This mammoth plants can grow to 6 feet tall with 3 foot long leaves, and do well in partial shade. Definitely a plant for drama! Photo by ?Wayside Gardens?.
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