Wonderful tropical and Mediterranean plants were planted and some have now reached amazing proportions.

Also a Mediterranean plant, it is often grown and sold as a cut flower.

It's a real haven of silence and fascinating botany, with a large herb garden that focuses on Mediterranean plants.

There have been 200 known varieties of Mediterranean plants, but they have degenerated.

The particularly mild climate favours the growth of some Mediterranean plants, including the olive tree.

Tropical and Mediterranean plants were planted and some have now reached considerable proportions.

Just add water (average annual rainfall here hovers around four inches), and you can grow pretty much any tropical or Mediterranean plant.

Other Mediterranean plants such as figs and olive trees also grow there.

Mediterranean plants are often adapted to conserve water and survive summer drought.

Mediterranean plants have many strategies for surviving the hot sun.