Gardening Unplugged - Establishing Tropical Plants with Bill Reynolds

Recorded on July 23rd, 2022. In this episode of Gardening Unplugged, our Research Supervisor Bill Reynolds shares his best tips on selecting and establishing tropical plants. Complete transcript and additional plant pics can be found at - https://www.plantdelights.com/blogs/v... Gardening Unplugged are free classes presented by JLBG/PDN staff during the Garden and Nursery Open House days. These are 15 - 30 minute discussions walking through the gardens, focusing on seasonally prominent topics, plants and garden design ideas. For schedule of events, please visit: https://www.plantdelights.com/pages/g... Here are links to many of the plants that Bill mentions in this video: Colocasia (Elephant Ear) - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Alocasia (Upright Elephant Ear) - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Cycas revoluta (Sago Palm) - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Cycads - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm) - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Amorphophallus - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Trachycarpus fortunei (Windmill Palm) - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Sabal minor (Scrub Palmetto Palm) - https://www.plantdelights.com/blogs/a... Sabal 'Birmingham' - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Sabal palmetto - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Zingiber (Myoga Ginger) - https://www.plantdelights.com/blogs/a... Zantedeschia (Calla Lily) - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Arums (Arum Lily) - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Hymenocallis (Spider Lily) - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Amaryllids - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Hippeastrum - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Hibiscus syriacus - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Erythrina - https://www.plantdelights.com/collect... Musa Basjoo - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Musa velutina - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Musa yunnanensis - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Musa sikkimensis - https://www.plantdelights.com/product... Plant Delights Nursery is an award-winning online nursery in Raleigh, NC near Garner. We specialize in rare, and unusual perennials for sale, and we strive to carry a wide selection of exotic plants, cold hardy tropical plants, native plants, and the best selection of new plants online. Many of our best perennials are available nowhere else in the US as they represent rare plants collected by Plant Delights founder Tony Avent during his more than 60 plant hunting expeditions to places including China, Crete, Taiwan, South Africa, and Argentina or distributed by some of the many specialty plant organizations of which Plant Delights is a member. https://www.plantdelights.com Juniper Level Botanic Garden was founded in 1986 by Tony Avent to promote and preserve botanic diversity by bridging the gap between botany and horticulture through plant study, identification, educational outreach, global plant exploration, and by selecting, breeding, and propagating new and little-known perennials to share with plant researchers, botanic gardens, and gardeners around the world. JLBG is home to over 28,000 taxa spread over 28 acres of beautiful grounds. https://www.jlbg.org