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Are you looking to create a bold tropical garden but you’re restricted to using containers and pots? This tropical style container garden will show you how to add the tropical vibe to your garden using only 3 types of tropical and exotic plants! This container garden idea is great for full sun and partial shade, it is really easy to look after and will get bigger and better as the summer rolls by. The tropical plants used in this video are available from the Grow Paradise UK shop (link below), but can also act as inspiration for your own tropical container garden. I’ll share container gardening tips as well as plant care advice to help your container garden thrive.
PLANTS IN THIS VIDEO:
– Colocasia ‘Mojito’
A bold tropical foliage plant with striking maroon mottled leaves. This heat loving plant thrives in moist soil and high humidity. Colocasia leaves can grow quite large, helping your container garden add a bold statement to your garden.
– Coleus ‘Lime delight’
Easy to grow, shade tolerant and a lush golden-green colour. What’s not to love!? This vibrant foliage plant combines with the lush green foliage of our Colocasia ‘Mojito’ really well.
– Ipomoea Sweet Caroline ‘Purple’
An ornamental sweet potato vine with sumptuous dark purple leaves. This plant is going to add drama and contrast to our container garden design. This Ipomoea vine remains shrubby and low growing so that it won’t overpower the rest of the plants growing in this scheme. The rich purple leaves pick out the beautiful dark foliage markings of our hero plant, Colocasia ‘Mojito’.
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10 Comments
Very nice Craig thanks for video.
Well I know what I'm doing this weekend now then. Are all colocasia OK in full sun in a pot like this? I have black magic and hawaiian punch I need to put somewhere but can't decide on what position is best?
Like the ipomea and combo craig!!
New subscriber. Really enjoying your videos. Could you share where you get your tropical plants from please. Thank you
Great video! I’m off in search of Ipomoea.
Simple yet dramatic!
Hi, im a newbie to tropical gardens. What youve creatived is beautiful 🌴🌿
Here in Florida I’ve found it best to grow colacasia like the mojito by planting them in plastic pot then submerging it in a slightly larger pot that holds water and they love it because of the amount of water they need in very hot weather I just can’t keep up with the demand for water
What do you do with the plants after a year, do you split them back up?
Nice combination ❤