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UJ Unkle John Tiki Socialite Middle-of-the-Ocean, TX Joined: Oct 22, 2003 Posts: 1217	UJ Unkle John Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2003 9:42 PM my wife thinks i'm insane,but i plan to transform my backyard into a tropical tiki garden. any ideas on exotic or tropical plants that thrive in zone 8? willing to trade plants for plants. i'd get a new wife :) just kidding. Actually I'm looking into doing my backyard too. I've been checking into the plants we can grow here and not worry about freeze or drought. I know bananna plants are good, but they have to be cut down after the first freeze. ferns, caladiums (sp), and elephant ears are great plats. I also have a collection of cacti and century plants my wife got from her ranch in west texas. I'll keep you informerd on what I find. I hate to plug my site here, but if you go there and click on the lounge section, you'll see some back yard projects I have going on. Oh, BTW the camper is a no go, just haven't had time to take it off the site... too busy scouring TC! So any luck on finding mugs and such? There is a section in Collecting tiki where you can post that. There is also a thread in TikiEvents called Dallas Tikiphiles. check it out as well. :)

my wife thinks i'm insane,but i plan to transform my backyard into a tropical tiki garden. any ideas on exotic or tropical plants that thrive in zone 8? willing to trade plants for plants.

i'd get a new wife :) just kidding.
Actually I'm looking into doing my backyard too. I've been checking into the plants we can grow here and not worry about freeze or drought. I know bananna plants are good, but they have to be cut down after the first freeze. ferns, caladiums (sp), and elephant ears are great plats. I also have a collection of cacti and century plants my wife got from her ranch in west texas. I'll keep you informerd on what I find. I hate to plug my site here, but if you go there and click on the lounge section, you'll see some back yard projects I have going on. Oh, BTW the camper is a no go, just haven't had time to take it off the site... too busy scouring TC!
So any luck on finding mugs and such? There is a section in Collecting tiki where you can post that. There is also a thread in TikiEvents called Dallas Tikiphiles. check it out as well.
:)

Post #65735 by Unkle John on Fri, Dec 19, 2003 9:42 PM