Bold foliage from warmer times
Today Cherry Ong is take us on the route again to the iconicButchart Gardensin British Columbia . There are many beautiful sights to be seen in these gardens , but today we ’re focusing on some of the tropic plantings . It ’s just the kind of escapism we need as the weather start turning inhuman for most of us !
Butchart is acknowledge for its over - the - top planting , and this show is no exception . Tons of annual and tropic plant make quite the display . The huge parting on the right side of the image areAlocasia‘Sarian ’ , which is sometimes grow as a houseplant when small but really shows off when it gets huge like this in the garden . It ca n’t take freeze temperatures , so it will have to move somewhere ardent for the wintertime .
This combination of a dark - leavedelephant ’s ear(Colocasiaesculenta , Zones 8–10 or as a tender bulb ) and variegatedSwedish ivy(Plectranthusciliatus , annual or houseplant ) makes a high - contrast planting .
Orange , toll - shaped flower of an abutilon(Abutilonhybrid , Zones 8–10 or as an one-year or houseplant ) . Abutilons are sometimes called flowering maple due to the shape of their leaf .
Cissus discolor(Zones 9–10 or as an annual or houseplant ) has incredible leafage , with patterned silver on top and dismal red on the bottom . It is a vine and will enshroud any structure with its adorable foliage .
Orange impatiens(Impatienswalleriana , annual ) , yellow - leavedpineapple sage(Salviaelegans‘Golden Delicious ’ , Zones 7–10 ) , and disconsolate red leaves fromHibiscusacetosella(Zones 9–10 or as an annual ) make an intense color combination .
Alocasia‘Sarian ’ has incredible leaf .
If you have pictures of warmer times in your garden or gardens you ’ve visited , please transmit them to the GPOD ! We all take a tropical leak this time of year .
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