Late summer colour
I first designed and planted this garden seven years ago and in September, as part of my Event Gardening service, I was asked back to prepare it for a party. The concept for this south-facing border is for hot colours and jungle-style plants, with this image featuring purple- and green-leaved bananas, Musa basjoo with scarlet shocker Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’. I continued the show-stopping scene by adding orange Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’, purple Verbena bonariensis and the bruised mahogany colour and distinctive leaf shapes of Cordyline australis ‘Red Star’. It’s full of razzle-dazzle and just gets better and better as the summer progresses!
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