Tropical Foliage, Tropical Leaves Tropical foliage plants are
often beautiful in their own right, without relying on the flash
of large colorful blooms to attract your attention. An excellent
example are the many varieties of Croton with their fanciful
splotches, dots, streaks and splashes of multicolored leaves.
Another example are the Cordylines, also known as the Ti Plant
from Hawaii, with some varieties that have bright colored leaves
in shades of red and hot pink. The leaves are far more eye
catching than the small flowers. Dracaena marginata 'Tricolor'
is another colorful example, which is often found at the big box
stores, as are some of the less colorful versions of dracaena.
Many tropical plants, such as these, are grown for their
incredible leaves rather than their flowers. There are also
other less showy shrubs without blooms that can be used as
foundation plants, or as a solid green background to show off
blooms from other plants. Foliage plants have a definite useful
place in most gardens. This p