Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Has Anyone Moved To A Tropical Location Just To Grow Plants?, 1 by ExoticRainforest

ExoticRainforest wrote:
I can't honestly say that I moved to the tropics because of plants, but I will say I fell deeply in love with tropical specimens as to result of being offered a job in Jamaica in early 1979. At the time I was a diving instructor living in Florida and was offered the chance to run a dive resort near Runaway Bay.

While living there for nearly 2 years we loved traveling up through the rain forest region beginning in an area north of Ocho Rios known as Fern Gully. From there we would travel to the east of Kingston into the Blue Mountains. The entire area is lush with tropical plant species. If you go to the west end of the island you'll also find lush areas containing Philodendron and Anthurium species. Once we move back to Miami as a result of Hurricane Allen in late 1980 I began to fill my yard with tropical plants.

So far, I can't kill the addiction.

Steve