Chris' Water Gardens
217-896-2225

Tropicals, like annuals, grow fast, bloom in bright vivid colors and keep that color long into the season.  These are not hardy to our Illinois temperatures, but they can be removed from the water garden in the fall and kept indoors over winter.

With such a wide diversity of tropical plants, its hard to resist each one's individuality!  A unique bright orange canna lily compliments the cool grace of white calla lilies.  Large dark purple taros or elephants ears sway next to breezy umbrella palm grasses.  With our low priced tropicals, add several in the summer and know that their beauty far outweighs the cost of losing them in the winter. 
If you fall in love with your tropicals and don't want to lose them in the winter, you can transplant them and keep them indoors over winter.  With a large banana tree or calla lily growing larger and more beautiful each year, some think the benefits are worth the effort!
Tropical plants will be available when temperatures are at least 70 degrees, usually mid-June.   Tropical water lilies may also be available, in limited quantities, and will be placed online when available.  Contact us for more information.

With each plant photo, you will see lots of information to help you choose the right plants for your water garden.  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

First you'll see the scientific name and common name.
If the plant produces flowers, you'll see the color of the flowers listed next to or below the common name.  Next is the sun codes, from full sun to partial sun to shade (above).  Next will be the general height and spacing of the plant.  Finally, you'll find the plants' zones (Illinois is zone 5, but in the summer it is warm enough for most tropicals to thrive!)