Months of blooms and a tolerance for low light make tropical bromeliads ideal as gifts, indoor centerpieces and outdoor eye catchers

Once you discover bromeliads’ exotic beauty, wide-ranging colors and intriguing patterns, you’ll never go back

Create a vacation paradise in your backyard even if temperatures sometimes dip with these guidelines for tropical-style gardens

Appeal to exotic good taste with fruit trees, palms and tropical look-alikes in your temperate-climate garden

Turn tree trunks and walls into lush canvases with plants adapted to the canopies of the rainforest

Has your shade garden strayed too far to the dark side? Help it see the light with tropical bulbs, ground covers and even houseplants

Sword-shaped leaves make this fern a stunning accent — and you can even mount it on wood for a wall hanging

Bring the tropical spirit of Hawaii to a mainland garden — for a summer or even longer

The wild and crazy houseplants of the 1970s make a splash in today's interiors

The owners of a famous orchid nursery create a sanctuary for themselves in South Florida