Something that a tropical garden has that we cannot reproduce here in the north is Spanish moss. An image of beautiful Spanish moss hanging from majestic trees is iconic of South U.S. gardens.
It is a Tillandsia, like air plants, and is related to pineapples. It does not live 'off' the trees that it lives in, so is of no harm. In the first picture, it is hanging in a grove of Crepe Myrtles at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden in Savannah. In the second picture are all the elements we associate with Spanish moss - the large, overhanging trees with the stately house in the background.
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