Product Description

Passionate gardeners in cooler climates struggle year after year to overwinter their gorgeous tropical plants. This new book is the answer to their problem - practical advice for achieving the tropical look in a temperate garden. Separate chapters cover such topics as principles of design and maintenance, proper plant selection, container gardening, and overwintering. Fantastic colour photography throughout will inspire gardeners in even the hardiest zones. With the help of this book, an impressive tropical garden is within any gardener's reach.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #567696 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 228 pages

About the Author
Susan A. Roth is an award-winning writer and photographer. She cultivates her own eclectic garden in Stony Brook, New York (USA). Dennis Schrader is one of the foremost experts on tropical plants in the Northeastern United States. He co-owns and operates Landcraft Environments, a wholesale greenhouse in Mattituck, New York (USA).

Customer Reviews

Useful plant dictionary but aimed at American gardeners more
A useful little book, if like me you are interested in gardening with exotic and unusual plants. The Encyclopedia of Plants,in the back is an informative and useful guide. The overwintering section on 'defying winter' was extremely helpful. The only problem is understanding the 'zones' which is the American system to determine different regions and locations.(Incidently the new seed range from Kew Gardens-available from Thomson & Morgan - uses zones and packets feature a map of UK zones)

This book would be a good companion to Will Giles' The New Exotic Garden -(which is a real 'must have')

Ideal for American gardeners
The book catagorizes plants by climate zones and it was clear these related the US market alone. There was no table to show just where the zones were geographically so I was unable to figure out which zone coincided with my latitude. As I was looking for ideas for planting in my S.E. England garden, I found the book very confusing and of little help. The photographs and plant descriptions were very good and, had I been living in the States, the book would have been a joy to have. The star rating reflects the usefulness to the UK gardener.