The Exotic Garden: Designing With Tropical Plants In Almost Any Climate

Features of The Exotic Garden: Designing with Tropical Plants in Almost Any Climate

The idea of mixing tropical plants with perennials and hardy annuals has been around since Victorian times It is now enjoying a newfound popularity because tropical plants are more widely available Gardeners who want to bring the lush beauty of tropicals to an existing garden or who want to create an authentic vintage garden will delight in TheExotic Garden Although tropicals are novelties in temperate climates they can successfully be grown anywhere Iversen shows how tropicals can easily be used as annuals to perk up a garden with color during nonblooming seasons The authors expert advice shows how to grow tropicals in beds borders and containers select and combine plants and use the tools of color texture and form Plus there are special overwintering tips and a full color glossary of more than 100 plants