Tropical

Gardening With Exotics

Gardening With Exotics
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  • Pierce Walters

The exotic garden can be grown strictly indoors or outside on the patio, where plants can be easily lifted and brought indoors once cold temperatures and frost are imminent to wait out the winter.
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Some good choices include:

  1. How do you make an exotic garden?
  2. How do I make my garden look like a jungle?
  3. What grows in a tropical garden?
  4. What tropical plants can you grow from seed?
  5. What grows under palm trees UK?
  6. How do I build a small tropical garden UK?
  7. How do you build a small rainforest garden?
  8. What kind of plants are in the jungle?
  9. How do you plant a jungle border?
  10. What is the best mulch for Tropical Gardens?
  11. How do I make my backyard tropical?
  12. Are tropical gardens high maintenance?

How do you make an exotic garden?

Create a Tropical Garden

  1. Path ways should have a natural appearance- slightly raised paths made from timber decking boards work well in this kind of lush setting.
  2. Materials – choose natural materials such as cane, timber, stone and concrete. ...
  3. Plant in layers - Tropical gardens are densely planted, which gives them their lush look.

How do I make my garden look like a jungle?

Exotic planting schemes are as much about bold, dramatic foliage as showy flowers. Planting in different layers, or 'storeys', is a great way to achieve a jungle-style effect in your garden. Bamboos and bananas can be used to add structure and height, while ferns make perfect mid-level plants.

What grows in a tropical garden?

When it comes to the lower layer, dense planting adds to the rich feeling of a tropical-style garden. TOP PICKS Bromeliad, bird's nest fern, Philodendron 'Xanadu', cycad, clivia, lily turf, acalypha, aglaonema, caladium, coleus, croton, maranta, calathea and impatiens.

What tropical plants can you grow from seed?

Other super quick, great impact foliage plants from seed include ricinus, echiums and solenostemon. If it's flowers you're after, cannas, tree lilies and hedychiums will all put on a spectacular show year after year from an inexpensive packet of rhizomes – and from their very first summer, too.

What grows under palm trees UK?

Most palms need tropical or subtropical temperatures, but there are some suitable for planting outdoors in the British Isles. Hardy palms are invaluable as structural plants in tropical-style gardens and look effective when planted with bananas, bamboos and New Zealand flax.

How do I build a small tropical garden UK?

The trick to getting tropical plants to work in your garden is to mix them with British plants. Create a framework using exotic varieties, and fill them in with plants like Carex, Astranias, Miscanthus, Hostas and Japanese anemone.

How do you build a small rainforest garden?

Planting your rainforest garden

Make sure the soil is moist. Plant the tallest trees first, at two or three metres apart. When the trees have established themselves, add shrubs around them. Last, add groundcover varieties such as palm lilies, ferns, orchids and climbing plants.

What kind of plants are in the jungle?

10 Amazon Rainforest Plants

How do you plant a jungle border?

Other tips for creating a tropical border

  1. Add plants with large lush foliage, such as ferns, hostas, fatsia, asarum and tetrapanax.
  2. Introduce big, bright blooms and some summer bulbs, such as eucomis and large alliums.

What is the best mulch for Tropical Gardens?

Organic mulches are by far the best to use in the tropics because as the mulch breaks down it improves the structure of the soil and encourages microbial activity in the soil.

How do I make my backyard tropical?

Here are twelve tropical backyard ideas to inspire the metamorphosis.

  1. Create Layers of Green. ...
  2. Infuse the Space With Soft Lighting. ...
  3. Incorporate Water Features. ...
  4. Upgrade the Seating Area. ...
  5. Attract Wildlife. ...
  6. Install Bamboo Fencing. ...
  7. Build a Tiki Bar. ...
  8. Add Tropical Decor.

Are tropical gardens high maintenance?

Don't expect a tropical garden to be maintenance-free. Anyone who gardens in a warm, high-rainfall climate knows that plants explode out of the ground during wet periods. They must be pruned into submission or they'll take over.

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