A tempting selection of palms, bamboos, shrubs, foliage plants, perennials, orchids, and ferns suitable for gardeners in USDA zones 9 and 10 — or adventurous souls in colder areas who want to garden on the edge — or for use in containers for overwintering indoors.

Jacqueline Walker is a lecturer in Communications Studies at the Auckland Institute of Technology.

"The uniqueness of this book is the blending of great writing and photographs."
—Clear Englebert, West Hawaii Today, December 26, 2004