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Proper plant selection is key to creating great landscapes. Click on the links below and get to know your plants better.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Rio Dipladenia

Find out what makes this dipladenia different from others on the market.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Phormium ‘Black Adder’

Hardy in Zones 8b-11, ‘Black Adder’ is a no-fuss herbaceous perennial that is rugged and easy-to-grow.

Living Large

Make way for these plus-sized tropicals.

Ornamental Of The Month: White Bird of Paradise

Take a close look at Strelitzia nicolai.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Mysore Raspberry (Rubus niveus)

Despite originating from the lower Himalayas, the Mysore raspberry grows and fruits extremely well throughout Florida.

Structured For Success

Fueled by the power of flowering plants, Sun-Fire Nurseries blazes its own niche-market trail.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Sun Parasol Cream Pink Original Mandevilla

Click here to watch a short video about a colorful, fast-growing, flowering plant that can be used as a striking single specimen or as an attractive trellis adornment.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Sun Parasol Pink Original Mandevilla

Click here to watch a short video about this colorful, self-branching, flowering plant.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Coconut Orchid (Maxillaria tenufolia)

Click here to watch a short video about this showy exotic known for its fragrant flowers.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Dracaena 'Riki'

See more about this plant described as “almost bullet-proof when kept in the lower light.”

Nursery Pick Of The Week: Neoregelia ‘Voodoo Doll’

Voted favorite New Foliage Plant at this year’s Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: “Mighty Minis”

This new bromeliad delivers more color in less space.

Nursery Pick Of The Week: 'Ivory Coast' Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

This plant was voted the ‘Most Unusual Single Plant Specimen’ at the 2009 Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition.

Heating Up

Tropical foliage demands have growers adjusting the way they produce and market their products.

Inside Out

Some indoor tropicals can handle outdoor living.

Ornamental Of The Month: White Bat Flower

Take a closer look at Tacca integrifolia.