Hardy Plants to Create a Tropical Looking Garden
Tropical-looking, but hardy and native Poke in a Philadelphia area garden (warning poisonous if eaten)
One of the hot trends in gardening for the last couple of years has been to create a lush, Southern tropical oasis right in your own back yard. Transforming a ho-hum garden into a tropical paradise by using masses of brightly coloured blooms or attractive berries set off by a rich tapestry of foliage is possible to achieve, even in northern climates. Combining colour and selecting plants for their strong architectural value allows gardeners to create dramatic scenes in the garden giving the image of a tropical paradise from far, far away.
Tender variegated ginger and 'Dragon Wing' begonia in an Oklahoma garden
The trend toward creating exotic, tropical gardens around northern homes has been made become popular by gardeners who want to create a
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