Gardening: Exotic plants really can thrive - Edinburgh Evening News: "In between keeping clients' gardens looking nice over the summer and installing vegetable beds ready for autumn planting, my colleagues and I have managed to schedule holiday trips ourselves and have come back musing, 'I wonder if that would grow in my garden..'.
And it may just be possible with a bit of imagination and determination. Digging up foreign native plants and bringing them into the country will upset customs though, so the following suggestions may be an easier way of enjoying your botanical memories.
Beach memories of palm trees swaying in the breeze? Although palms prefer the warmer parts of the UK, they can grow in Scotland especially if in a container where they can be moved out of winter winds. The Trachycarpus fortunei is the hardiest of palms and even in a cold winter will survive - albeit after shedding some or all of its leaves - and produce new growth the next spring."
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