In the upper Midwest, greenhouses are packed with a variety of tropical house plants to make any room of your house green, even in the winter. These plants are exotic and sometimes difficult to care for. So, if you're from there and you come here, I imagine you might be intrigued by the myriad of plants that flower in the winter and surprised to see some of your house plants used outside for landscaping. Also, plants that fit in an 8" pot back home grow to large proportions when stuck in the ground and exposed to lots of sunshine. When I was little, I just assumed I'd see the same plants in Florida that we had in Illinois during the summer. After all, isn't it always like summer here?
Hibiscus
Bougainvillea
Also bougainvillea. I'm pretty sure.
Colorful shrubs
Maybe some kind of spider wort?
Bromeliad. Like an air plant. They're on everything down here. If you stand in one place too long, one will grow on you!
Most of the palm trees are producing fruit/nuts this time of year. This one was the prettiest.
Berries on anything that wasn't dormant or flowering.
Yep. More berries.
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