When Juliana Raposo bought a house in Carlsbad 5 years ago, she replaced its existing landscape with lush plants. “I yanked out the boring landscape and replaced it with tropical plants, especially ...

During the last few decades, plant lovers around the world have discovered bromeliads, and their popularity has soared. Pronounced broh-MEE- lee-ads), these exotic plants are native to tropical areas ...

Thought by some to be the perfect houseplants, bromeliads are easy to grow. Bromeliads are a large family of about 2,000 species and hybrids, the flowers of which are rivaled by only the finest ...

Imagine walking through a tropical rain forest with lush green plants and colorful bromeliads growing in the trees over your head. Do you think it is possible to create this look in Tallahassee? With ...

With drier winter weather expected in West Hawaii, we may want to consider plants that are somewhat drought tolerant. The bromeliad family offers a huge variety of worthy choices. With drier winter ...

Many Florida gardeners look for low maintenance plants that add color, texture, and interest to their landscape. A great plant that fits these desirable characteristics is the bromeliad. There are ...

Bromeliads are tough, reliable and incredibly beautiful tropical or semi-tropical plants that possess colorful foliage, beautiful flowers or both. Very undemanding and easy to grow, their main ...

Kathy Peters - Victoria County Master GardenerEdited by Charla Borchers Leon Jul 6, 2017 Jul 6, 2017 Updated Mar 12, 2018 If healthy, colorful bromeliads with a low mortality rate grace your home and ...

When the gate opens to Jeanne Roper Garman's backyard, a stone marker welcomes visitors to La La Land. Garman has transformed the space overlooking Bayou St. John into a masterpiece painted in pink ...

It's hotly debated whether the fierce Carib Indians of the Island of Guadalupe were cannibals. So named "Canibales" by the Spanish to describe their ferocious defense against the invaders, it is more ...

It will come as no surprise to Randy Strauss that bromeliads can be used as part of a lush tropical-style garden in the Bay Area. He planned it that way when he hired landscape designer David Feix to ...