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Phormium Cannas unfurl to look like mini banana plants, Agapanthus leaves are arching and strappy, Dahlias are lush and leafy. Lilies are great for providing a splash of splendid colour without taking up much room, These do like a bit of sun, it’s true, but Fuchsias, Begonias and tender perennials like Impatiens (Busy Lizzies) will thrive in the shade of other plants. Frost tender annuals like Zinnia, Tithonia and scented Nicotioana (tobacco plants) will bring pops of colour all summer long – and all for the price of a packet of seeds. Plant them out once the danger of frost is over – and use them to fill gaps in the border or plant in pots to group together in a display. Ground Cover Creeping along the floor of a jungle will be the most tenacious of the plants, able to exist in the deepest shade in and among their taller neighbours. These plants will be able to manage with less of everything and will make a green carpet that will also smother any non-exotic weeds that might try to infiltrate the scheme. Lysimachia (creeping Jenny) is a useful scrambler in damp shade, Bergenia (Elephants ears) has huge weed-smothering leathery leaves and spring flowers, Pachysandra has smaller palmate leaves and is great beneath trees and shrubs, Euphorbia Purpurea’s dark leaves and lime green bracts will provide contrast. And then there is a host of delicate looking ferns that will bring a little air and light to the understorey. <strong>Winter</strong> Tropical gardens don’t look their best in the winter, let’s be honest. If you have enough space to close off your exotic space or divert attention elsewhere once the frosts arrive, you can plant with abandon and then make sure that the most tender have an over-wintering space while you wrap up the rest. If this is an area that you look at out of your window all year round, then you will have to plan carefully to stop it looking depressing and bare in the winter. Perhaps stick to evergreens, hardier plants and then add in some bulbs to cheer it up in the spring. Provide continuity of interest through the seasons, while still making room for the blast of tropical colour and leaf in the summer months. Water There’s no getting away from it – true jungle plants will need water – and lots of it, something that not many of us have the luxury of through the summer, unless we have been very careful and set up lots of rainwater storage. Luckily, as discussed above, there are a few sensible, large-leaved, exotic looking shrubs and perennials that are able to withstand periods of dry weather, will thrive in dry shade and aren’t bothered too much by pests and diseases. Hooray! Top of my list would probably be Fatsia japonica, with its huge shiny dark green leaves and unusual looking, creamy flowers in the autumn. It is a real gem and will provide structure and presence in any shady or semi-shaded place. Viburnum davidii is another of these undemanding, but large-leaved glossy evergreens, fitting perfectly into the mid-layer of a scheme and muddling along through the seasons, sporadically flowering with slightly scented white flowers, followed by weird looking metallic blue/black berries that last a long time on the plant – because they are too suspicious looking to eat. Their leaves have a leathery, almost waxy feel, which, together with fewer stomata (tiny holes on the underside of the leaves that let gasses and water vapour through) is how they slow down water loss. Other plants that shouldn’t need too much water, once they are established are Maclaya (Plume poppy), that will thread its way through other plants, Heucheras, Euopnymus, ivy and some ferns will be fine in dry shade. Crocosmia, Agapanthus, Hemerocallis (Daylillies), Choisya (Mexican Orange) and Cotinus while accepting, will flower better in the light. Join Jo for a Border Design course at her garden in Woodchurch hornbrookmanor.co.uk istockphoto.com/Little_Airplane priceless-magazines.com 106
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