Anyone seeing a white jacaranda (Jacaranda puberula), also known as caroba, blooming in the sandbank forest might assume that the leafy tree could not survive in such sandy soil. They would be right.

The spring and summer are when bromeliads typically bloom. Their brightly coloured bracts can last for several months. A ...

My garden includes — or has included — a range of plants from Mediterranean climates, other interesting regions and other categories. This diversity reflects my appeal for attractive blossoms or ...

Guzmania bromeliads catch the eye with their brightly colored, long-lasting flowers of stark red, orange or pink. Pixabay photo The end of November is the start of the winter dormant season for many ...

The bromeliads comprise one of the most eclectic plant families in the Americas, including epiphytes in rainforests, terrestrial species in high elevations and arid-land survivors. Taxonomists have ...

Although we generally grow bromeliads in containers for convenience, in nature these plants are typically epiphytes — plants that grow on trees but are not parasites. The water-holding, vaselike shape ...

A bromeliad high up in a tree at the Santa Virgínia Center in the Serra do Mar State Park. Water accumulates in its tanks, concentrating nutrients that fertilize the soil below during rainfall events ...

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 ...