SUPER Cold Hardy Tropical Plants for Zones 5-7!

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Toughest Tropical Looking Plants in zones 5-7. Many plants are hardier than you think!
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00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Christmas Fern
02:42 - Bamboo
04:20 - Hardy Hibiscus
05:39 - Musa basjoo (Hardy banana)
07:44 - Canna Lily
10:08 - Elephant Ear

[@indypalms]

Great info! My cannas and Musa basjoo here in zone 6 are coming back strong, even after our -9F low this winter!

[@tntropics]

Thanks for watching and another zone 6 success!

[@mattrost2574]

Another cold-hardy palm is 'rhapidophyllum hystrix' - needle palm. Hardy to zone 5. Mine in Cincinnati have survived 3 consecutive nights of -10°, and (since 2004) have grown to 4' tall.

[@tntropics]

Awesome great result on your palm! Yes of course it is one of the best. This video was about non palm tropical looking plants.

[@wwedxfan2430]

Amazing! How do you cover them? Do you use heating?

[@danarobinson6156]

❤ Fantastic info. Thanks so much for sharing. I live in zone 6 area. This is very helpful

[@tntropics]

Welcome

[@tropicalpdx1341]

Great list. I would also add Rose of Sharon, which is a slightly different hardy type of hibiscus, the giant hostas, and some of the large Miscanthus grasses. And who said ferns weren't tropical! I've been to a few tropical areas of the world and ferns are always present.

[@tntropics]

Thanks and yes those are great additions that deserve mention as well.

[@JoseRamos-jn6ij]

Always great information!, The hibiscus I have they're awesome, I've had my bananas for 15 years now, I've tried leaving my cannas and elephant ears in ground but for some reason no luck so I dig em out! Zone 7a they are the staple for my garden! Blessings 🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@tntropics]

Thanks for watching as always! If you can kill a pink China EE I'd be surprised, give that one a try but I'd recommend aloha better.. Might want to try canna again overwintering. Read down in this thread a bit. I know in zone 6 KY they spread fast. I've never lost any here after 2018 and last winter. I have dozens of plants. Here are zone 5 folks www.houzz.com/discussions/1789135/9-things-i-ve-learned-about-canna-in-zone-5-storage-planting. Make sure to plant in full sun.

[@VivSees]

Fabulous list, thank you!

[@tntropics]

Thanks

[@sandorspalms]

Great video! Im thinking of leaving my basjoo and cannas in the ground over the winter with some sort of cover. Also hardy yucca like filamentosa is a great option for colder climates.

[@tntropics]

Good odds

[@nathangoldsmith247]

Aucuba 'Mr Goldstrike' took -5F here and -30F windchill with no damage. They look like crotons so definitely a nice addition to a cold hardy tropical garden! Love all of your mentions, too!

[@tntropics]

Awesome and took some severe cold!

[@newyorktropicalgarden9364]

Another great video. I’ve never tried keeping cannas or elephant ears outside in zone 6. I will experiment this year

[@tntropics]

Thanks!

[@danwilson5160]

Great list, I think these are definitely the main ones. I would add Yucca flaccida, Yucca filamentosa as options too, maybe some Crinums like C. bulbispermum. There are a few nice trees too like Kalopanax septemlobus; Tetrapanax also comes back from the base after winter. For large leaves, maybe Rheum palmatum or Astilboides tabularis.

[@tntropics]

Yes those are great additions! Thanks for giving us all some great ideas Dan!

[@jasonpollock9798]

We have Christmas ferns growing wild here. Cool idea!

[@tntropics]

Yea we do too. I like that they stay green all year.

[@Midwesterntropics]

Growing wild here as well but defoliate

[@wiltrudfriesch6781]

Also, the Hardy Hibiskus works so far. It really looks tropical.

[@tntropics]

They are tough and pretty

[@Soviless99]

lupine, brunnera, pulmonaria, nasturtiums, yuccas, liguleria, lysamachia, ajuga

[@tntropics]

Great additions. Thanks for the input

[@Soviless99]

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[@idaniamorales6058]

👏

[@theweirdospfan.28]

What canna varieties would you say are good in zone 6? I’m tempted to plant some if they’ll overwinter like my Musa basjoo

[@tntropics]

Almost any of the medium to large varieties. Plant in Early May and get them going well. Plant delights and Brians botanicals have a lot. Don't order on ebay because of disease. I have tropicanna, Red hubert, indica red, lemon puch which are all medium to large. Avoid dwarf ones.

[@theweirdospfan.28]

@@tntropics Thank you! I will get them if they are at an agreeable price and have basically the same treatment as my basjoos in the winter. Thanks!

[@wiltrudfriesch6781]

Ferns = forest plant.

[@tntropics]

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[@teekandy]

So ?

[@rhombifer566]

Sorry bud the ferns aren't doing nothing for me. Show me a palm tree that can live in Ohio and I'll be happy. Lol 😂

[@tntropics]

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