Anthuriums
Looking to fill that shady landscape bed? Anthuriums are a great pick for the South Florida garden.
These tropical plants have shiny dark green, heart-shaped leaves and long-lasting, showy flower bracts in a range of colors.
Outdoors, anthuriums do best in low light conditions, but as a houseplant, will require bright indirect light to thrive. They’ll bloom continuously throughout the year, with each bloom lasting about six weeks on the plant or several weeks as a cut flower. Indoors, they also make unique gift plants.
Anthuriums grow to two to three feet tall, although the dwarf forms are smaller. They like moist, well-drained soil with lots of organic matter and humid conditions, so if you have an indoor anthurium, keep it on a tray of moist gravel.