After recommendations for tropical plant/garden books

[Dave Bayside]

Hi all

i recently got a heap of tropical plant books and am after further recommendations.

if what I have basically covers all bases then I am happy to stop here. Or if there are some other “must haves” I will keep and eye out for them. 
thanks for any advice 

[Tracy]

On 3/13/2026 at 3:55 AM, Dave Bayside said:

Hi all

i recently got a heap of tropical plant books and am after further recommendations.

if what I have basically covers all bases then I am happy to stop here. Or if there are some other “must haves” I will keep and eye out for them. 
thanks for any advice 

It appears that you have acquired an extensive grouping of books on tropical plant gardening in general.  The next potential dive is into books on particular plant groups that may interest you.  If you want to take that dive, the IPS has several books you can order on Palms for example, with some being on a particular genus.  If you are interested in other plant families, you can find books on bromeliads, orchids, aroids, cycads and just about anything else which might interest you.  Most of those go into specifics about native habitats, species identification.  It really depends on how deep a dive you want to take and what you want to get out of your reading (research?).

So the first question to ask yourself, is what additional information is it that you want to learn by expanding your book collection?  Wish you good reading and great gardening!

[rprimbs]

Do you have any of Raymond Jungles books?  Like;  "The Colors of Nature: Subtropical Gardens by Raymond Jungles"?  I like his designs.