Columbus and other early voyagers to the Americas filled their travel journals with breathless descriptions of the tropical fruits they’d never seen before: avocados, papayas, pineapples, soursop, ...

Ever lounged by the pool at a fancy resort, surrounded by swaying palms, and thought, “Why can’t my backyard feel like this?” Well, good news—it can! With the best poolside plants, it’s easy to turn ...

In a small town just north of Dallas, a little piece of paradise hides in the backyard of a Texas family’s home. With 80,000 gallons of water and an investment upwards of half a million dollars, this ...

Dana and Timmie McGehee of Mesa consider themselves outdoor people, but not pool people. So when they planned their backyard landscape redesign, they pictured tropical lushness and resortstyle luxury ...

Randy Lane’s Fairdale Drive residence in Fairfield fits in with all of the other homes in the neighborhood. But a tour of his home’s backyard looks more like a tropical island than Midwestern suburbia ...

Most plants benefit from companion planting - where each species complements the other. This can be even more important in drier, arid zones where water is more scarce. Palm trees are often grown in ...

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To experience a tropical getaway, complete with live music, tiki bars and beachy sand, most mid-Michigan residents would have to travel hundreds of miles to a southern destination. However, for Mark ...

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SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — In the 1990s, News 8's Larry Himmel explored the best, most unique backyards in San Diego County. From an elaborate koi pond in Santee to an extraordinary tropical island ...