Though it’s not officially summer I’m busy planning our container designs for the summer season. Read on to learn about two fun tropical plants to use in your container designs – Alocasia ‘Low Rider’ and Musa ‘Truly Tiny’.
I love to use plants with bold texture in our container designs – they contrast with fine leaf foliage and flower color and catch your eye easily. For summer I typically incorporate bold texture via plants with tropical foliage. I like to focus on foliage as opposed to flowers because they don’t require deadheading and can be surrounded by smaller flowering plants that ‘self clean’ or easily shed spent flowers.
Both Alocasia ‘Low Rider’ (Left) and Musa ‘Truly Tiny’ (Right) are dwarf selections – maxing out at 24” and 48” respectively. Low Rider is cold hardy to zone 7, and can survive our winters if planted in the ground. Truly Tiny is cold hardy to zone 9 and best brought indoors over winter.
Interested in adding a beautiful container to your summer garden? Contact Beth at [email protected] or complete our contact form. You can also learn more about our residential container program here!