| There is little point in paying exorbitant amounts | | | | provide you useful resources: |
| for exotic holidays very year, when they offer | | | | Adding a water body is a must |
| just a few days of entertainment. Instead try | | | | Just recall the scenes from any movie depicting |
| something ingenious that won't come to an end | | | | tropical rain forests! One unforgettable element is |
| after a week or so. Try your hands at tropical | | | | the inclusion of water-sounds in the background.... |
| landscaping and fulfill your dream of a Hawaiian | | | | It may be the tickling of a narrow waterfall, the |
| vacation...for free! | | | | gushing sound of a rocky river or just the faint |
| Getting started | | | | humming of stream finding its course through the |
| It doesn't matter if you could never make it to | | | | dense rain forests. |
| any of the tropical paradises such as Hawaii or | | | | Thus to complete the tropical ambience to |
| Phuket. To create a tropical landscape just out of | | | | perfection, you should include some water body in |
| your backdoor, you need two things: imagination | | | | your landscape designing. |
| and right kind of visualization. | | | | If it is a pool, border it with rocks and stones in |
| What conjures up the image of a tropical garden | | | | different sizes and shapes. The best option is to |
| as you close your eyes? Well, it is a riot of color | | | | add an artificial waterfall featuring large rocks. |
| on the backdrop of lush greenery and gushing | | | | To get the maximum feel, add to it some colorful |
| water bodies that immediately cross our mind as | | | | fishes and water plants. |
| we dream about a tropical holiday. | | | | Points of caution |
| So this leads us to three major points: | | | | Plenty of sunlight goes to create those splendid |
| Lavish sprinkling of vibrant hues | | | | hues in tropical plants and flowers. Naturally, you |
| Plants and shrubs with rich foliage | | | | must make sure, that your plot gets enough |
| Water body | | | | sunlight to let these tropical plants live and thrive. |
| While designing your tropical landscape, don't | | | | Also make sure of the other requirements of the |
| forget these three primary elements; these will | | | | plants. |
| do the job of creating a tropical illusion. Weave | | | | You can apply one trick---instead of planting them |
| your dream landscape around these three major | | | | directly on the ground, first let them grow in the |
| elements. | | | | containers and then transfer them to the actual |
| Tips on using tropical plants | | | | spot. Use decorative planters to contain the plants. |
| The major part of your landscaping effort will | | | | Bring the final touch with proper accessoriesIt |
| involve the right selection of plants. | | | | may not be possible for most of us to soak the |
| Cover the floor area in the thick carpet of | | | | sun in the Waikiki beach while a Plumeria scented |
| grasses and border it with the plants that bear | | | | sea breeze calms our senses; but you can get |
| colorful flowers. | | | | the same experience right at your home by |
| Choose the plant varieties that come with deep | | | | sparing little imagination. |
| green hues to emulate the effects of dense | | | | Simple accessories such as rope hammocks can |
| tropical rain forest. | | | | create magic. To add to the comfort factor, visit |
| To add to the ambience, grow creepers along the | | | | the furniture stores for tropical themed furniture |
| light poles that give an illusion of tropical vines. | | | | in cane or bamboo. |
| Even if you are not confident enough to grow | | | | Scented candles add to the ambience by filling up |
| such distinctively exotic plants such as Plumeria or | | | | the air with fruity scents. |
| Bougainvillea, there are hundreds to choose from | | | | If you want to absorb the ambience long after |
| tropical shrub varieties. Visit the botanical garden in | | | | dusk, make imaginative use of landscape lights |
| your area or do a little bit of researches in the | | | | that will bring alive a beautiful moonlit garden of |
| Internet for the information on tropical plant | | | | some faraway exotic land. |
| varieties and their maintenance. This site can | | | | |