Sarasota Jungle Gardens shows off pink flamingos beneath a tangle of palms and banyans, and the city's backyards have taken the hint. Tropical Gardens Landscape works in that lush register: royal and foxtail palms, bromeliads tucked into shade, gingers and heliconias layered so a yard feels like a clearing in some much bigger jungle. August is the peak of the growing year, the air like a warm towel by nine in the morning, and tropical plantings respond by doubling in size if nobody is watching. The crew watches — trimming palms, thinning clumps, cutting back spent leaves, mowing the turf paths between beds so the whole garden keeps its shape. Kept this way, a tropical yard stays generous without ever turning wild.