Tropical Plants in a Non-Tropical Climate Galleries

Boca Cay Tropicals 2009 : My tropical jungle in Germantown, MD , about 30 miles NW of Washington, DC.
I love the transformation each year into the tropical jungle growth.

Boca Cay Tropicals 2009

My tropical jungle in Germantown, MD , about 30 miles NW of Washington ...

Updated: Oct 30, 2009 6:18pm PST

Savannah, GA - Bamboo Farm Coastal gardens :

Savannah, GA - Bamboo Farm Coastal gardens

Updated: Oct 24, 2009 10:27pm PST

DCTemperate Tropicals ® : a collection of photos from local Maryland, Virginia and DC tropical gardens and plants

DCTemperate Tropicals ®

a collection of photos from local Maryland, Virginia and DC tropical g ...

Updated: Oct 06, 2009 4:13pm PST

Bahia del Ford in Falls Church, VA  Sept 2009 :

Bahia del Ford in Falls Church, VA Sept 2009

Updated: Sep 17, 2009 1:52pm PST

Jay's Place in Chambersburg, PA Sept 2009 :

Jay's Place in Chambersburg, PA Sept 2009

Updated: Sep 17, 2009 1:35pm PST

Klemm Key Annandale. Virginia Aigust 2009 : Dav'e Tropical Jungle in Full Growth

Klemm Key Annandale. Virginia Aigust 2009

Dav'e Tropical Jungle in Full Growth

Updated: Aug 23, 2009 6:19pm PST

Bo's Tropical Jungle Bethesda, Maryland August 2009 :

Bo's Tropical Jungle Bethesda, Maryland August 2009

Updated: Aug 23, 2009 5:49pm PST

The Franciscan Monastery Wash DC June 2009 :

The Franciscan Monastery Wash DC June 2009

Updated: Jun 26, 2009 6:42pm PST

Eucalyptus : my own eucs as well as local and other eucs I come across.

Eucalyptus

my own eucs as well as local and other eucs I come across.

Updated: Apr 01, 2009 3:54pm PST

Klemm Key Annandale, VA July 31 and Oct 2, 2008 :

Klemm Key Annandale, VA July 31 and Oct 2, 2008

Updated: Jan 31, 2009 11:38am PST

Boca Cay Tropicals 2008 : all the great tropicals I am growing in summer 2008

Boca Cay Tropicals 2008

all the great tropicals I am growing in summer 2008

Updated: Jan 28, 2009 2:43pm PST

Charllie Bowman' Exotic Tropical Garden Silver Spring, MD 2008 : I could not believe my eyes when I saw Charlie's incredible collection of hardy, and non -hardy tropicals, succulents, and exotic plants. My favorite is the fragrant X amarcrinum lilies.
Enjoy the view!
Thanks Charlie.

Charllie Bowman' Exotic Tropical Garden Silver Spring, MD 2008

I could not believe my eyes when I saw Charlie's incredible collection ...

Updated: Nov 10, 2008 12:29pm PST

Tim and Sue Grinnings- The Tropics of Cancer , Arlington, Virginia Spet 2008 : the best 1st year tropical garden I have seen: huge plants, great combinations of foliage and colors!

Tim and Sue Grinnings- The Tropics of Cancer , Arlington, Virginia Spet 2008

the best 1st year tropical garden I have seen: huge plants, great comb ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2008 2:01pm PST

Brian's Botanicals , Louisville, KY Sept 2008 :

Brian's Botanicals , Louisville, KY Sept 2008

Updated: Sep 28, 2008 5:12am PST

Todd's Paradise and Coopman Cay , Iowa  Sept 2008 : the tropical paradise of Coopman Cay and Todd's Key in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Photos taken September 2008. Feast your eyes!

Todd's Paradise and Coopman Cay , Iowa Sept 2008

the tropical paradise of Coopman Cay and Todd's Key in Bettendorf, Iow ...

Updated: Sep 06, 2008 2:15pm PST

Tropical Chicago Sept 2008 : tropical Oak Street Beach in downtown Chicago on Lake Michigan. Who knew?

Tropical Chicago Sept 2008

tropical Oak Street Beach in downtown Chicago on Lake Michigan. Who kn ...

Updated: Sep 04, 2008 2:59pm PST

Klemm Key, Annandale, VA : Dave's tropical garden in Annandale, VA otherwise known as "Klemm's Key". 

Photos taken Sept 29, 2007.

Klemm Key, Annandale, VA

Dave's tropical garden in Annandale, VA otherwise known as "Klemm's Ke ...

Updated: Sep 30, 2007 7:15pm PST

Bart Windsor's Resort and Cabana Club, Manassas, VA :

Bart Windsor's Resort and Cabana Club, Manassas, VA

Updated: Aug 21, 2007 6:47pm PST

Jungle's Jeff Tropical Garden in Salt Lake City Utah : (scroll down below the text to see the photos)

My friend Jeff. He was a great friend, mentor, and one hell of a tropical gardener, even in Salt Lake City , Utah!

He left us far too soon, he had so much more to share and teach and give to everyone.

I am grateful to have been part of his life and to have known him. His soul touched everyone. 

I hope you enjoy these photos of his garden. He took and sent me most of these garden photos over the last few years. I was fortunate to be there and see his garden when I was in Utah for his memorial service. It's a magical, fun place to see.
I also added the photos I took from our get together in southern CA in 2005.
Enjoy the photos.

I read this poem at Jeff's memorial service. It certainly exemplified his great big heart.

                            How Big Is a Heart?  (by Don Blanding)

How big is a heart? I'll look and see.
It must be high. Mine holds a tree.
A redwood tree, whose silent might
Calmed my fears through an angry night.
It's higher still, there's a snow capped peak
That the urge of youth , once bade me seek.
There's a small blue star in a vast blue sky.
Did you know that a heart could be so high?

How big is a heart? It must be wide.
Mine holds my home and the country side
Where I was born. It must be deep.
Here are the graves where dead years sleep.
It must be  broad and it must be long
To hold the dear and treasured throng
Of friends of every age and race.
Yet it occupies such a puny place.
Yet when its limits are unfurled
A human heart , can  hold the world

Jungle's Jeff Tropical Garden in Salt Lake City Utah

(scroll down below the text to see the photos) My friend Jeff. He w ...

Updated: Aug 17, 2007 1:32pm PST

Boca Cay: Best of My Canna Collection :

Boca Cay: Best of My Canna Collection

Updated: Aug 04, 2007 6:11am PST

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens- Washington, DC July 2007 :

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens- Washington, DC July 2007

Updated: Jul 26, 2007 1:22pm PST

Virginia Palm Society :

Virginia Palm Society

Updated: May 21, 2007 7:22pm PST

Boca Cay: The Best of Boca Cay Tropicals :

Boca Cay: The Best of Boca Cay Tropicals

Updated: May 16, 2007 6:46pm PST