Tropical Relief, Just When You Need It. Gardening with Palms.

If you need a quick dose of the tropics? According to our Landscaping Guide, David Beaulieu, “Nothing else gives a landscape that “tropical” feel quite like palm trees.” Most of us don’t live in a climate where we can plant palm trees outdoors, but small potted palm trees make great house plants and love to summer on your patio. Whether outdoors in indoors, if you want to dabble with palms, David Beaulieu has written a sampler on palm trees, with some suggestions for the types of palms a beginner would have success with.

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