Subtropical Gardening In A Temperate Climate

Are you interested in growing a productive food forest garden in a temperate climate area?Much of the information about growing forest gardens are written for people living in tropical or subtropical zones. This means that the plant choices and water management systems are quite different to those that are living in a coastal environment.In this book you will find information that is useful for us temperate zone people. No banana palms or pineapple plants in sight!This book is designed to be a reference book for beginners and more advanced gardeners. It covers everything you need to know about starting a food forest, and nothing that you don't need to know. It is designed to be simple to follow and easy to read, while arming you with the information and skills that you need to successfully grow your own edible food forest garden.Forest gardening, also known as food forests, edible forests or permaculture gardens are becoming more and more popular within the temperate zone context.There are a few popularly known large forest gardens, and so many more in peoples urban backyards. If you have found yourself reading this book, I presume that you are interested in finding out more about edible forest gardening and how it can benefit you, your family, your community and the planet.

Climate change, the need to conserve water, the desire for more exotic and dramatic plants -- all of these are prompting gardeners to seek out interesting new plants that thrive in subtropical or dry climates. In addition to offering expert cultivation advice, this book includes an A-Z directory profiling over 1000 plants.

Passionate gardeners in cooler climates struggle year after year to overwinter their gorgeous tropical plants. Our new paperback edition is the answer to their problem — practical advice for achieving the tropical look in a temperate garden. The authors, who both live and garden on Long Island, New York, reveal the secrets to creating a lush, flamboyant landscape. Separate chapters cover such topics as principles of design and maintenance, proper plant selection, container gardening, and overwintering. Fantastic color 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.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Subtropical Garden; or, beauty of form in the flower garden" by W. Robinson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

This is a unique guide to a wide range of tropical and hot-climate (also known as Mediterranean or desert) plants. The guide is arranged in three sections: a general introduction to choosing, planting, and using subtropical and hot-climate plants with particular emphasis on hardiness and overwintering the plants; the second section that comprises an A - Z plant directory, in which over 700 plants, listed by their botanical names, are treated to in-depth profiles and grouped as either trees, shrubs, perennials, climbers, palms and cycads, cacti and other succulents, or grasses and bamboos; a third section that includes plants for special uses, and a glossary.

A guide to the range of attractive subtropicals and selected tropical plants that can be grown in subtropical areas.

A guide for raising tropical plants in northern climates includes advice for helping plants survive through the winter, a comprehensive list of plants, and sources for tropical and tropical-looking hardy plants.