The Subtropical Garden - Tapa blanda

I love this book! -- Susi Torre-Bueno "Let's Talk Plants" (10/16/2002) "The book is a vast treasure house of information." -- Clear Englebert "FungShway.com" (06/22/2001) This book features excellent photos of many well-designed gardens that will provide lots of inspiration. The uniqueness of this book is the blending of great writing and photographs. -- Clear Englebert "West Hawaii Today" (12/26/2004) The pictures will inspire you to do exciting things with your own garden as will descriptions and photographs of a wide variety of plants. -- Susan Knorr "Garden News" (11/06/1999) It is a good catalyst for an exotic garden using the termperate garden plants that have that look, spiked with some of the real subtropicals. -- Ann Milovsoroff "Pappus" (12/04/2001) This book is enhanced by many color photographs by Gil Hanly, which will lure the reader into the exciting new world of exotic gardening. -- Lib Harrer "Florida Gardener" (02/18/2001) With superb photographs by Gil Hanley, this is a book in which you can luxuriate, even if you can't grow the plants in your garden... This is a book for plant lovers. -- John Van de Water "Newark Star-Ledger" (02/01/1997) Although written and photographed in New Zealand, this is an excellent guide for the southern California gardener in particular, and includes many plants that can be grown (with protection) anywhere from Vancouver to San Diego.... The text is complete, accurate, profound, and equally inspirational. The beauty of plant form and the artistry of landscape design are stunningly captured in the color plates that illustrate a text rich in specific information and encouragement to experiment to find the wisdom for one's own garden. This is a book to curl up with on a rainy day, or even during a Santa Ana, to nurture a taste for exotic plants that will thrive in a warm climate. -- Marge Howard-Jones "California Garden" (04/01/1997) "Although written and photographed in New Zealand, this is an excellent guide for the southern California gardener in particular, and includes many plants that can be grown (with protection) anywhere from Vancouver to San Diego ... The text is complete, accurate, profound, and equally inspirational." --Pacific Horticulture, Winter 2000 "With superb photographs by Gil Hanley, this is a book in which you can luxuriate, even if you can't grow the plants in your garden ... This is a book for plant lovers." --John Van de Water, Newark Star-Ledger, February 1, 1997 "The uniqueness of this book is the blending of great writing and photographs." --Clear Englebert, West Hawaii Today, December 26, 2004 " Although written and photographed in New Zealand, this is an excellent guide for the southern California gardener in particular, and includes many plants that can be grown (with protection) anywhere from Vancouver to San Diego ... The text is complete, accurate, profound, and equally inspirational." -- Pacific Horticulture, Winter 2000 " With superb photographs by Gil Hanley, this is a book in which you can luxuriate, even if you can't grow the plants in your garden ... This is a book for plant lovers." -- John Van de Water, Newark Star-Ledger, February 1, 1997 " The uniqueness of this book is the blending of great writing and photographs." -- Clear Englebert, West Hawaii Today, December 26, 2004

A tempting selection of palms, bamboos, shrubs, foliage plants, perennials, orchids, and ferns suitable for gardeners in USDA zones 9 and 10 -- or adventurous souls in colder areas who want to garden on the edge -- or for use in containers for overwintering indoors.