Dennis Schrader on Overwintering Tropicals - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - October 3, 2020

October 02, 2020 00:26:38
Dennis Schrader on Overwintering Tropicals - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - October 3, 2020
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Dennis Schrader on Overwintering Tropicals - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - October 3, 2020

Oct 02 2020 | 00:26:38

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I think of them as investment plants, plants that might not be hardy where I garden, but that with a little extra work and the right strategy can be carried over year to year, even without a greenhouse or the perfect spot to do so. 

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Nobody I know has more investment plants than the list of 1,600 unusual annuals and tropicals that Dennis Schrader and the team at Landcraft Environments propagates to sell wholesale to nurseries, landscapers, and botanical gardens. With his husband, Bill Smith, Dennis Schrader has since 1992 operated Landcraft Environments in Mattituck, Long Island—specialists in unusual plants that add seasonal color and texture, and the look of the tropics to the garden. 

He’d like to encourage us to start a collection, too, and offered tips on how to keep them happy—tactical advice on plants we should consider investing in.

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