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Modern Tropical Garden Design
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I am looking for information regarding the background and origins of the "tropical gardening" style for a garden design course that I am doing. There is a lot of information available regarding Zen Gardens, English Country Gardens, Cottage Gardens, etc but very little about the background and history of tropical gardens. Can anyone suggest any helpful resources that could assist me with finding answers? Thanks in advance!
The Tropical Garden by William Warren, Luca Invernizzi Tettoni (Photographer), opens with an essay tracing the historical interest in tropical plants. Royal and religious, private and public tropical gardens are discussed:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0 50028198X/toptropicals-20
Daniel Headrick, “Botany, Chemistry, and Tropical Development,” Journal of World History notes that the growing demand of Western consumers and industries for tropical products... helped spur relations between the North Atlantic countries and the tropics in the century before 1914.
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Tropical Garden Design, by Made Wijayahas includes a history of tropical colonial gardens:
http://www.amazon.com/Tropical-Garden-De sign-Made-Wijaya/dp/9625938176
" Tropical gardens can contain a wide variety of plants, but some require lots of heat while others require lots of water. Tropical gardens also don't often survive freezing temperatures either, so many people in cooler climates choose to create tropical container gardens which can be taken inside when bitter cold winter temperatures come around.
Most tropical plants require a lot of sunlight though, so if you're planting them into a ground based garden or raised garden bed, be sure to choose the sunniest spot you can find in your yard. You'll want to plant tropical plants and flowers in areas which get a minimum of six hours direct sunlight each day. Some tropical garden plants such as bougainvillea, thrive on irregular watering patterns"
Esperanza and Spanish Broom are excellent plants to put into a tropical garden, which are both heat and drought tolerant. These plants produce bright showy yellow flowers that bloom continuously from spring through fall.
http://weekendgardening.com/tropical-gar dening/tropical-gardening.html
Tropical backyard:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juancarlosa rzola/2304749676/
Various tropical landscapes:
http://www.gardenphuket.com/landscape/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72793939@N0 0/2562828725/
http://i.rentalo.com/p/92275/8644230l.jp g
http://www.botanescapes.com/landscaping- portfolio/gallery-images.html (scroll through the landscapes)
http://www.tropicalfoliagegarden.com/con tents.htm
http://www.tropicallandscape.net/gallery .html
http://www.hmdesign.biz/DesignSamples.as px
Use plants that give you a lush tropical feel, like palms, ferns and elephant ears, but also use water features, such as a fountain, waterfall, pond or stream:
http://www.tampalandscapedesign.com/page 7.html
http://www.plant-care.com/1546-tropical- landscaping.html
Many plants grown as houseplants, such as cactus & Agave, thrive outside in a semi-arid tropical environment. "In regions where the heat of the growing season is followed by frost or freezing temperatures, tropical plants are often dug up and overwintered, used as houseplants, or simply repurchased for use the next growing season."
http://www.extension.org/pages/Tropical_ Plants_in_the_Landscape
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8113246@N02 /3135729587/
Plants like Cannas give a tropical lookto the landscape:
http://www.garden.org/subchannels/landsc aping/ground?q=show&id=2039
Using Bromelias:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14077752@N0 3/1592977394/
Tips on types of plants to use & what type of hardscape (permanent features)... like bamboo...you'll need :
http://www.ehow.com/how_4663553_design-t ropical-landscape.html?ref=fuel&utm_ source=yahoo&utm_medium=ssp&utm_ campaign=yssp_art
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danial_iema n/3044303237/
http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/gr_lawns_l andscaping/article/0,2029,DIY_13852_2388 771,00.html
Videos of Tropical Paradise Backyard Retreats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jwbRjAy- gQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQnQjRhMv 0g&feature=related
Good luck !!! Hope this is helpful.
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I'm looking at putting in a nice tropical style garden. I'm in queensland Australia and was wondering what type of plants would look nice and survive? Also, any suggestions for a design? Thanks!
Croton is usually pretty hardy. I'd definately use palms as well. Talk with someone at your local nursery. If you're in a warm enough climate you should find plenty of selection locally.
This is not a plant suggestion really, but I think it'd be cool to add a water feature such as a fountain that resembles ruins...something Machu Picchu-ish ;)
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I have a small space in my backyard that I would like to make into a tropical garden retreat. The size is about 15 x 8 m and rectangular. Does anyone know where i can get some designs from? Any tips on design before get my bob cat in?
Call your local agricultural extension and ask to speak to one of their volunteer master gardeners. Otherwise I would suggest you put in at least a small pond for water sounds and moisture and then we need to know your growing zone! It can be cool to have the edges in the back higher to show off more of the plants - so locate a sitting area and the adjacent pond (2M diamater is fine). Use hibiscus or marsh mallows, elephant ears, a hardy palm for your area, caladiums are always nice, bird of paradise if you can grow one, etc. Palms are good if you can find a hardy one for your area.
All the garden beds have different types of plants which have overgrown and become untidy.
This landscape is in tropical Nth Queensland, Australia
where do you live? here in florida, gingers are very good, as are all the llillies - canna, calla, louisiana & african. although technically not native, they are semi or full tropicals. also, plumeria (frangipangi or hawaiian lei flower) is good.
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