Beginner Gardening: Help with small SW Florida back yard Zone 10 tropical , 0 by terichris

terichris wrote:
I have a small back yard in Southwest Florida, zone 10. Our pool cage consumes most of the yard, but we have about 14' by 60' beyond it. Viburnum and fackahatchee grass run the length of the back border. I have 2 palms in each of the corners next to the pool cage with jasmine vine covering the trunks. I have orchids hanging from a chain between two of the palms. I have some bromeliads & "dutchlady" gave me a few plumerias! I am looking for a very tropical feeling. Next week with the help of my father I am adding a small 7x7 brick patio as well as two beds in the back corners in front of the fackahatchee grass. I am patient enough to let the plants mature, but I just have a hard time visualizing what it will look like. I just want a little oasis in the middle of my 2 year old neighborhood! To compound things I have a swingset to work around. Does anyone have ideas or photos of their own yards to help?