Post #411194 by fatuhiva on Wed, Oct 1, 2008 8:51 PM

No problem-

The internet is really a great source of plants. You can read about them on davesgarden.com (plantfiles) and then find out the scientific name- and google that to find mailorder places to get it if you cant find it locally. Ebay is also a decent plant source.

I don't have alot of experience gardening in Northern climates, but I have family in Connecticut and I've seen alot of cool plants and trees up there- including bamboo.. that if collected and presented properly would create a very lush tropical look. I think it could be done :)

Not to mention mosses grow so well up there- Nothing like getting or making some concrete tikis and then slathering on the yogurt mix to create a mossy relic.

You also have lots of great fern options up there, I'm sure. You may even be able to grow Australian tree ferns if you kept them in a pot and overwintered them in a garage or something.

Who knows, perhaps even plumeria could be overwintered in a garage.

I think that Giant Rhubarb is particularly cool looking..

http://images.google.com/images?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=Gunnera%20manicata&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[ Edited by: fatuhiva 2008-10-01 21:16 ]