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Last Updated: 4/12/06
Note:
Before reading this list, see the key, how to use this list, and how to contact the nurseries that are
listed by visiting my plant list page.
For general information on tropical marginals, floaters, and submerged plants, visit my plant list page.
I have not included depth, height, zone, sun, color, or price information for these tropical plants because I buy few of them and also due to the amount of time it would entail. If you have a specific question about one particular plant, I can look it up for you.
Note that the Paradise Water Gardens catalog has many hundreds of tropical plants that I simply cannot take the time to enter onto this list. You can call them at 1-800-955-0161 for a free catalog.
Look up multiword plants by the main word or alternate names (for example, the floating plant Salvinia is under Velvet, Water or Salvinia). Use the search option in Netscape to look up by scientific name. You can also search all of my web pages from my search page.
See the floating plant page for more information on floating tropical plants.
See the waterlilies page for information on tropical water lilies.
This list is very short and incomplete simply because I do not have the time to do all the work! I am sorry. I have not kept as many tropicals as hardy plants.
| Common Name | Latin Name | Type | Did or do I have this plant? |
| Aeschynomene | Aeschynomene fluitans | marginal (looks like Neptunia or sensitive plant | No |
| Amarylis, Water | Amarylis spp. | marginal | No |
| Ambulia | Limnophila hetrophilla | submerged | No |
| Arrowhead, Ruby Eye (Aztec) | Sagittaria montevidensis | marginal | Yes |
| Azolla or Fairy Moss | Azolla caroliniana | floating | Yes, some survives winter here in Zone 6/7 |
| Bacopa, Moneri | Bacopa moneri | submerged | No |
| Bacopa, Variegated | Bacopa lenagera | submerged | No |
| Blue Bells | Ruellia squarrosa and similar species | marginal | Yes |
| Canna, Water | Thalia divaricata | marginal | Yes |
| Canna, various colors | Canna flaccida | marginal | No |
| Canna, variegated | Canna americanallis variegata | marginal | No |
| Cristatum | Nymphoides cristatum | marginal/floating | No |
| Geminata | Nymphoides geminata | marginal/floating | No |
| Grass, Star | Dichromena colorata | marginal | No |
| Hibiscus, Water Pink | Hibiscus grandiflorus | marginal | Yes, flowered once |
| Hibiscus, Water Red | Hibiscus coccineus | marginal | No |
| Hyacinth, Water | Eichornia crassipes | floating | Yes |
| Indica | Nyphoides indica | marginal/floating | No |
| Lettuce, Water | Pistia stratoides | floating | Yes |
| Lily, Banana | Nyphoides aquatica | marginal | No |
| Lily, Bog | Crinum americanum | marginal | No |
| Lily, California Gold Calla | Zantedeschia 'Elliottiana' | marginal | No |
| Lily, Calla | Zantedeschia aesthopica | marginal | No |
| Lily, Lavendar Calla | Zantedeschia 'Gem' | marginal | No |
| Lily, Pink Calla | Zantedeschia 'Rehmannii' | marginal | No |
| Lily, Spider | Humenocalis liriosome | marginal | No |
| Lily, Spider Variegated | Humenocalis liriosome | marginal | No |
| Lily, Spider Variegated | Hymenocalis caribaea variegata (or H. caribe variegata?) | marginal | No |
| Lily, Spotted Calla | Zantedeschia albomaculata | marginal | No |
| Ludwegia, Red | Ludwegia spp. (L. perennis?) | submerged | Yes |
| Marble Queen | Echinodorus cordifolius 'Marble Queen' | marginal | No |
| Mosiac Plant | Ludwigia sediodes | marginal/floating | Yes |
| Nitella | Nitella | floating grass like mass | Yes |
| Palm, Umbrella | Cyperus alternifolius | marginal | No |
| Palm, Umbrella Dwarf | Cyperus alternifolius gracilis | marginal | No |
| Palm, ? (? papyrus maybe) | Cyperus angustifolius | marginal | No |
| Papyrus, Dwarf | Cyperus isocladus (formerly Cyperus haspans) | marginal | Yes |
| Papyrus, Giant or Egyptian | Cyperus papyrus | marginal | Yes |
| Papyrus, Giant | Cyperus gigantea | marginal from Mexico | No |
| Poppy, Venezuelan | Hydrocleys nymphoides 'V.P.' | marginal | No |
| Poppy, Water | Hydrocleys commersonii | marginal | Yes |
| Poppy, Water | Hydrocleys nymphoides | marginal | Yes |
| Primrose Creeper (different) | Ludwigia peploides | marginal | Yes |
| Rush, Giant Pickerel | Pontederia lanceolata | marginal | No |
| Rush, Giant White Pickerel | Pontederia lanceolata alba | marginal | No |
| Rush, Green | Juncus 'Carmen's Japanese' | marginal | No |
| Sagittaria, Red Stem | Sagittaria lancifolia rubra | marginal | No |
| Sensitive Fern, Giant | Aeschynomene fluitans | marginal | No |
| Sensitive Plant | Neptunia aquatica | marginal; leaves close up when you touch them | Yes |
| Sensitive Plant (different) or Touch Me Plant | Neptunia oleracea | marginal | No |
| Sprite, Water | Ceratopteris thalictroides | floating | Yes |
| Sword, Melon | marginal | No | |
| Sword, Radican | Echinodorus cordifolius | No | |
| Taro, Black | Colocasia esculenta 'Black Magic' | marginal | Yes |
| Taro, Black Princess | Colocasia affinis jenningsii | marginal | No |
| Taro, Green | Colocasia esculenta | marginal | Yes |
| Taro, Green | Colocasia indica | marginal | No |
| Taro, Imperial | Colocasia antiquorum | marginal | No |
| Taro, Imperial (different) | Colocasia esculenta illustris | marginal | No |
| Taro, Ruby | Colocasia rubra | marginal | No |
| Taro, Variegated | Alocasia amozonica 'Hilo Beauty' | marginal | No |
| Taro, Violet Stem | Colocasia esculenta fontanesia | marginal | No |
| Thalia, Red Stem | Thalia geniculata ruminoides or T. geniculata rubra | marginal | No |
| Thalia, Red Stem (different) | Colocasia multiflora | marginal | No |
| Velvet Leaf | Limnocharis flava | marginal | No |
| Velvet, Water or Salvinia | Salvinia auriculata | floating, koi resistant | Yes, grows like a super weed sometimes! |
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