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Old 02-07-2009, 07:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Florida gardens.... wow!

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Originally Posted by Gardener972 View Post
We were fortunate enough to visit the Marie Selby Gardens in Sarasota as well as the Fairchild Gardens in Miami in November and I'm so jealous of you all being able to grow such awesome plants!!! I'm ready to move to a more tropical area.
Not everywhere. Fairchild is south (and coastal), Selby is right on the water. They have very tropical climates. Here in the mountains of central FL, we get hard frosts. Not much green in the yard here.

I even did my part to foil Murphy -- warm sweaters in the car and at work. No joy.
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