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Article: Gardening: Typically tropical; Ross Reyburn explores the mysterious delights of a mini-jungle tucked away in deepest Edgbaston.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- October 9, 1999
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"It is summer all year round here" says gardener Derek Wilkes.
And so it is, for the temperature is always hot and the humidity high in the wonderful Tropical House at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens where all manner of weird and wonderful plants can be found.
The circular pond with its wide high ledge, its lilies, large carp occasionally coming into view and weird roots overhanging the water like something out of a prehistoric age is the central focus of this greenhouse.
"It was called the Lily Pond at one time," recalls Wilkes, the man in ...