
Acacia
Vachellia farnesiana
This unique subtropical plant was used in the West Indies for building enclosures. It is a multi-trunked thorny tree with yellow flowers through the winter.
This unique subtropical plant was used in the West Indies for building enclosures. It is a multi-trunked thorny tree with yellow flowers through the winter.
Since bananas must reach a certain size to set fruit, today they are mostly used in the garden for their dramatic foliage.
Blue sky vine is a large, twining vine that boasts beautiful pale blue flowers. It is a rapid grower and becomes quite large over the course of a season.
Butterfly peas are short lived tropical perennials with striking blue flowers. They have a twining habit and prefer rich, moist, well-drained soils. They make attractive container plants in Virginia.
Coffee forms a large shrub with glossy green leaves. It has small white flowers. This plant produces the coffee beans so many of us rely on every day, but in this part of the world is primarily used as an ornamental.
This large tropical plant is used for various medicinal and economic purposes. The oil from the nuts is currently being studied as a potential source for biodiesel.
Key limes are small citrus trees with highly fragrant white blossoms. They produce many delightful fruits which are excellent for cooking. In this region, they are best grown in pots so that they can be moved in and out as the temperatures dictate.
As with the other tropicals grown at Mount Vernon, the lemons are grown in pots so that they can be moved into a greenhouse for the winter.
This large subtropical plant has brilliant pink flowers which bloom through summer in the Mount Vernon gardens.
Seville oranges are a small to medium citrus tree which produce bitter, unpleasant tasting oranges.
Palmettos are the most northern palm to grow in the United States. They were a common food source for southern Native American tribes.
This large shrub boasts vibrant orange flowers in the summer which ripen into large orange-red fruits.
This citrus tree produces fragrant flowers followed by large fruits which are larger and sweeter than a grapefruit.
This is one of the most ancient plants still alive today.