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Here is what I have going in my tropical garden this summer -
Musa basjoo (4)
Musa orinoco (4)
Ensete maurelii (3)
Siam ruby (1)
Caladium (6)
Does anyone have any advice for other tropical plants that I can add that grow FAST and are nice and leafy?
Here is a wide angle of my yard. I enlarged the circle bed (middle left) into an oval towards the house. I also created another circle bed the size of the one you see in the photo to the right of the maple tree (just right of the red swing).
I want people to look at my yard this summer and have their jaw drop. 🙂 Colorful things would be awesome too.
Thanks for any help! 🙂
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Posted : 30/03/2011 11:40 pm
If you can find the 'Zanzibarensis' form of Castor bean, the thing grows like a weed (it is a weed in the subtropics!) to a massive height. Maybe if you can find a Thai Giant, Jim etc. had some very impressive plants of this last summer!
You can't go wrong with Canna musifolia either. Also some of the variegated canna have a nice look to them. Oh, and some people also like gingers, personally I don't really like them, but they are fast.
Posted : 31/03/2011 7:54 am
I do like gingers, but have not been able to overwinter them in the ground so I dug and bring them in.
Canna do great and overwinter with heavy mulch; they are already coming up. I'll do more of them this year.
My new tropical will be papaya, for the foliage.
Posted : 31/03/2011 11:51 am
Try Zingiber mioga, it's one of the hardiest!
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Posted : 31/03/2011 12:34 pm
