Bananas are consumed more than any other fruit in the United States, and now banana plants are gaining popularity in summer gardens up north too. Although bananas are a popular treat, these tropical ...

Some of the most visually appealing ones are also delicious. Here’s how to choose — and grow — the best ones. By Margaret Roach Homegrown tastes of the tropics slumber in Marianne Willburn’s freezer — ...

If you’re in a warmer part of town, you may be tempted to try your hand at growing something tropical. While the folks in Phoenix have far less problems with tropical plants succumbing to frost, here ...

With the first occurrence of decidedly cold weather, we know that even colder weather is on its way. Now is the time to consider the tropical plants in your landscape, and make plans about how you are ...