Post #209339 by gibgib on Sat, Jan 21, 2006 4:19 PM

Don't dispair unless you get snow where you are.

It's possible to create a microclimate in your yard & grow some tropicals. Sydney is 1000k's south of here (on the coast) & I have seen species there that shouldn't grow.
In Melbourne (further 1000k's), it's rare, but I see very healthy Bangalow palms in areas where they have frosts & black ice, perhaps even snow. Bangalows look great mass planted.
Bangalows: http://www.junglemusic.net/palms/archontophoenix-cunninghamiana.htm

Cold climate tropical garden info:
http://au.geocities.com/sydneytropical/tropical_look_gardens.htm

http://www.tropicalfoliagegarden.com/contents.htm