Here are the best 11 Balinese Plants and Flowers that you can include in your garden for that striking tropical vibe.
If you want to add an exotic touch to your garden, then add Balinese Plants and Flowers for a tropic touch to your home for an elegant aesthetic appeal.
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11 Balinese Plants and Flowers
1. Lobster Claw Plant
Botanical Name: Heliconia rostrata
USDA Zones: 10-13
Also popular as a crab claw, this evergreen perennial exhibits banana-like, leathery, deep green foliage. During spring and summer, ornamental bloom clusters dangle from the stems.
2. Travellers Palm
Botanical Name: Ravenala madagascariensis
USDA Zones: 10-11
Though not a palm, it belongs to the bird of paradise and banana. It displays a long leaf that stretches out proportionally from the trunk. The giant-sized ‘Travellers Palm’ complements statues and sculptures of the Balinese-style garden.
3. Black Bamboo
Botanical Name: Phyllostachys nigra
USDA Zones: 7-10
When trying to hide something or using a fence, Balinese use bamboo, which is dark in the shade or has dark stains. It can reach up to 15-25 feet tall and 8-15 feet wide. Lightly shaded bamboo is more popular in Japan than in Bali.
4. Cordyline
Botanical Name: Cordyline ‘Red Sister’
USDA Zones: 10a-11
Cordyline ‘Red Sister’ is a classic variety that can be a great addition to your tropical garden. The dark purple-pink-green leaves variegated in hot pink stripes look adorable along paths and corners.
5. Thin Leaf Croton
Botanical Name: Codiaeum Varigatum ‘Zanzibar’
USDA Zones: 11-12
This dramatic medium tropical shrub with warm tropical colors and exotic multicolored leaves in red, orange, yellow, and green shades looks stunning in a Balinese-style garden.
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6. Lotus
Botanical Name: Nelumbo nucifera
USDA Zones: 4-11
Create an area of still, serene water by bringing lotus to your tropical Balinese garden; you can mainly see it in ponds. These scented flowers remain open for 2-3 days on lily-pad-like foliage. You can check plants that look like lily pads here.
7. Frangipani
Botanical Name: Plumeria
USDA Zones: 10-12
These scented blooms are Bali’s signature flower; local people call it Jepun. It is used in decorations, rituals, or offerings. The double yellow and white flowers have a range of uses in cosmetic products.
8. Bougainvillaea
Botanical Name: Bougainvillea glabra
USDA Zones: 9-11
This thorny ornamental vine is native to South America and is often viewed as a bright-hued tree in Bali. The flowers are colorful, large, sepal-like bracts encircle three waxy blooms in fuchsia, orange, pink, or white.
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9. Ixora
Botanical Name: Ixora coccinea
USDA Zones: 9-11
Experience the beauty of rain-fed and jungle by growing this tropical to semi-tropical small shrub carrying clusters of star-shaped yellow, red, and orange flowers.
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10. Red Stemmed Thalia
Botanical Name: Thalia geniculata ‘Ruminoides’
USDA Zones: 8-11
Also known as the Red Stemmed Alligator Flag, it is a borderline aquatic perennial. You can have a tropical feel in your Balinese-style garden with large upright leaves set on clumps of bright red stems of this plant.
11. Tahitian Hibiscus
Botanical Name: Hibiscus Syriacus ‘Mineru’
USDA Zones: 5-8
Bring a vibe of the tropics in your garden with big, ruffly, ornamental flowers of exotic Tahitian hibiscus; you can find them in many shades.