The Florida Perennial Garden

Tired of replanting your garden every single year? There's a better way.

Most gardening books give you advice that works great if you live in Pennsylvania. But here in Florida, our brutal summers, suffocating humidity, and sudden winter freezes kill the perennials those books swear will "thrive in zones 8-10."

I learned this the hard way. After killing $300 worth of blueberry bushes (they hate our alkaline soil) and watching expensive asparagus crowns rot in our summer rains, I realized Flori...