Big leaves, vascular system patterns that make emphatic claims to your visual attention. What were Victorian gardeners thinking? Why were such overwhelming plants major parts of the plan? Olmstead? A careful insistence on big leaves to manage the scale of the house in the landscape?
I am suspicious that big leaves, in over whelming use are like yellow leaves and variegated ones in other landscapes- very easy to overuse.
These tropical plants can succeed in providing that extra kick in a garden design. I am looking forward to seeing the Victorian garden on the busy street in B'ville, with lots of purples, chenille plant, and one or two alocasia and an astilboides if I can find one. There may be a hidden vantage point from which I can watch people as they sit in their cars. I want to see the moment they turn their heads and notice this very different and hotly colored garden.
Wonder if the actuality will have any of the feel of what is in my head and drawings.
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