John Edmiston is the passionate, visionary gardener behind Tropical Britain. He loves creating exotic gardens in cooler climates. John’s online nursery is tremendous. He has a serious variety of unusual, rare and exotic plants for your garden. John is a compulsive seed sower, confessing to planting thousands every single week!
In This Episode You Will Discover:
Contents
- John’s start with cacti and succulents
- what it’s like to plant 50,000 trachycarpus palm seeds
- why “hardy” is a dangerous, relative term for zone pushing
- UK front garden ideas and pictures suitable for any space
- 5 things you MUST do every autumn for your exotic plants
- gardening on the “Busman’s Holiday”
- hunting the world for bromeliads
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Resources & Books Mentioned
Plant List – http://plantlist.org
Mobot – http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/
Tropical Garden Design
This is the book John mentioned on the show!
Our Guest’s Links
Follow John Edmiston on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TropicalBritain
Visit John’s amazing garden center online: http://TropicalBritain.co.uk
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:
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