Screw trellis panels, or add training wires, to both walls and fences and use these vertical structures to support plants. Mossy green shades are best, making an excellent backdrop for leafy plants and providing colour in winter. Ginger lilies and cannas grown in pots are best kept on the dry side and placed in a frost-free place over winter.įind out about protecting exotic plants over winterĪ quick way to give your garden a new look is by painting the fence.
Raise all pots up on pot feet to allow excess water to drain away.
Not all jungle-style plants are completely hardy, so be prepared to protect bananas, tree ferns and others with sheets of horticultural fleece and bubble wrap over winter. Even Gunnera manicata and other leafy giants of the plant world can be grown in pots, but they will need regularly trimming to prevent them from taking over and demand copious amounts of water. Alternatively, grow a selection of plants in pots, aiming to place lower-growing varieties beneath taller specimens. If you don’t have any borders, or if the courtyard is entirely paved over, add some raised beds – those made from sleepers suit a jungle-style garden. Tree ferns, silver-leaved astelia and Chinese dwarf banana ( Musa lasiocarpa) are excellent in a partially-shaded corner. Hardy Japanese bananas ( Musa basjoo), bamboo, loquat, Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex' and Fatsia japonica make a good backdrop for blousy canna lilies, crocosmia, ginger lily and red hot pokers ( Kniphofia rooperi and K.caulescens are particularly eye-catching). When planting up a jungle-style courtyard, go for a mixture of large-leaved architectural plants, smaller specimens with vibrant foliage and tropical flowers. A jungle garden will look good all year round and even lift your spirits in the depths of winter, but remember, many of the plants suited to this style of garden require attention to thrive.įind out about Great Dixter's famous exotic garden Exotic plants for a jungle garden
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A space full of lush plants can make a lovely private oasis, where you can escape the rays of the sun and relax in privacy under a leafy canopy.
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