Need some color in your home? We suggest buying a bromeliad flower or two. You might not have heard the name before, but chances are you'll know these pineapple-like tropical plants when you see them.

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.

Most people have the best success getting a bromeliad to bloom when they put the plants outside during the warm months of April to October. A few hours of sun in the morning and shade the rest of the ...