The Exotic Garden Blog

A subtropical garden in a temperate climate that defies being in a city.

Its hot in Central America…

Shampoo Heliconia – the inflorescences really do smell of shampoo when squeezed...

Greetings from the not so Exotic Garden. Just checked out Victoria’s favourite blogs http://victoriasbackyard.blogspot.com,  and seen I hadn’t written anything for a month. Oops!
A few days before my dear father’s funeral at the end of a rather frigid January, I was asked if I would like to co-host a tour around Central America for Gardeners [...]