Musa basjoo pink these plants have leathery arched

these plants have leathery arched dark leaves with an attractive speckling forming a watertight "vase" or "urn"

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This unknown Adelonema sp is a stunning Ecuadorian aroid

holding their colour right through the seasons to give year-round structure when the rest of the border has died back

Musa basjoo pink these plants have leathery archedMusa basjoo, the Japanese banana, is the hardiest banana you can grow in a British garden and the fastest route to a genuinely tropical look outdoors. Native to the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan, it sends up a stout green pseudostem topped with a fountain of huge, paddle shaped leaves that can reach two metres long. Few plants deliver this much instant drama, which is exactly why the hardy banana has become a staple of jungle borders, courtyard