The formal bluestone patio is filled with color, during the summer by using tropical plants throughout the borders and in the containers
 
 

 

   
 
Canna ‘Pretoria’ and purple salvia accent the cobalt blue potager fence during the summer months. Striking color is best achieved with the addition of tropical and annual plants within perennial and woody plant borders.
 
 

 

   
 
A large border of tropical plants, including several banana varieties, is installed for dramatic summer interest.
 
   
   
 
For dramatic summer interest, over-wintered bananas have been added to a structural, semi-formal border.
 
   
   
 
A view through an arbor onto the patio of summer plantings of annual and tropical plants
     
   


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