More of this creative garden
Today we return to the Virginia tropical zone , aka Bill Hewitt ’s garden in southeastern Virginia , where he grows tropical - looking plants to make a landscape very unlike what is typically seen in his part of the humans .
Dramatic hardy palms ( including the Chinese windmill palm , Trachycarpusfortunei , Zones 7–10 , in the foreground ) are join in the warm month of the class by cannas ( Cannahybrids , Zones 7–10 or as tender bulb ) , elephant ear ( ColocasiaandAlocasiaspecies and hybrids , many sturdy to Zones 8–11 ) , and other tropic - looking perennial .
Purple coneflower ( Echinaceapurpurea , Zones 3–9 ) bring a huge mass of flamingo pink to the garden .
A dreary - coloredelephant ear(probablyColocasia‘Illustris ’ , zone 8–11 ) , with a four - legged gardening admirer to evidence the shell .
Oakleaf hydrangea(Hydrangeaquercifolia , Zones 5–10 ) is a shrub native to the southeastern United States . Though it is not tropic , its large , bluff leave certainly add to the tropic look of the garden .
bound crank storms can do a vast amount of legal injury to a garden , not to mention make traveling grievous . But they can also be incredibly beautiful , as with these magical ice - encased daffodils .
A butterfly come in to a huge mass of purple coneflower and tall vervain ( Verbenabonariensis , Zones 7–10 or as annual ) . Both of these plants are great source of ambrosia for butterfly stroke and otherpollinators . The leafage of a banana in the background keep the tropic theme of the garden going .
close up - up of the flower of a marvellous vervain .
And one last view of Bill ’s creative tropically themed garden .
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