Garden Gnome: Go tropical for lush gardens that thrive in Augusta's hot summers | The Augusta ChronicleSo, round about now those zone-seven plants look like something the cat should bury. It’s time to accept it: Augusta’s summers are tropical hot.
And that’s not a bad thing, just ask Joe Levert.
“I don’t want to baby things,” Joe said of why he went with the tropical plants that fill his gardens. “I was going for the outskirts-of-Miami look. I think I made it.”
From the huge, heart-shape leaves of the tropical fig plant to the towering palm that comes from the lower Rio Grande Valley, Joe has a remarkable variety of plants.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Go tropical for lush gardens that thrive in Augusta's hot summers
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