Tropical Gardening

Paul, The Wise Gardener tells of the joys of shade gardening in torrid Southern Florida, where cooling shade is indeed a refuge fron too much cement, stuccoed walls, and frying, broiling HEAT!!

Enjoy Growing Hedychium coronatum, The White Butterfly Ginger! This rhizome provides a bounty of flowers in heat & humidity, when most garden plants just about "Give UP!"

Paul describes how to grow cactus in a humid SE USA climate!

Explore Mainland USA's ONLY Tropical Botanic garden: Fairchild Tropical Garden

Paul, "The Wise Gardener!" describes a trip to the Florida Keys, in his own "Tropical Backyard", and discusses its very fragile ecology, and some special individuals who are trying to turn around what civilisation is destroying/altering!

Paul, "The Wise Gardener!" discusses the advantages of growing indigenous plants of the Desert SW USA, instead of utilizing regionally non-native plant species!

Discussion on reasons that Paul, "The Wise Gardener" feels that the "Diamond Joey" may possibly be the most BEAUTIFUL of the World's Palms!

Using bananas in the landscape to create a more fully "tropical" ambiance! Whether in fruit stage, or not, banana plants are truly wonderful additions to the Zone 8 to 12 garden!

Banana plants should be grown more often in moderate but, still not tropical climates to give the homeowner a truly authentic tropical garden look!

Paul, "The Wise Gardener", describes, in his "Palm of the Month" Article, the joys of the Chinese Windmill Palm! Its hardiness and elegant form are what make it a versatile and regal specimen, for YOUR yard!