We’re having lots of fun with tropical plants in the landscape. They’re unexpected. They’re exotic. Most thrive in both sun and shade and ask little. And by this time of year, they’re exuberantly overblown. Some images to inspire…
WARM THE COCKLES
It’s a cold and dreary day. Found on Pinterest, Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Smoky-Roasted Chickpeas.
FOR THE CALENDAR
At the Fareway, corner of Germantown Avenue and Southampton St, in Philadelphia.
THE JOY OF BEING HERE
Our family moved to Philadelphia from Chicago 18 years ago and I still am in awe of where we, gardeners from birth, landed. Not only did the founding fathers instill here a tradition of horticulture, but the climate allows for an array of trees, shrubs and perennials that is simply spectacular.