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How to have the Deep Purple mood year around

Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry

🎸 How to have the Deep Purple mood year around

🟣 Calathea rufibarba - Fuzzy Pheasant Feather, Deep Purple Velvet Furry - a favorite of shade garden landscapers. This thin, fuzzy, rippled leaf Calathea is very attractive as well as durable. A purple leaf back adds to this plants rich color and texture.
🟣 The upper foliage of Calathea rufibarba is semi-glossy, and olive green. The under side of the foliage, along with the stems are rich burgundy to deep purple!
🟣 The stems are covered with fine purplish-brown hairs.
🟣 Place your Deep Purple Calathea in bright filtered or indirect light.

Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia

⛲️ What to plant by the pond?

🐘 Elephant Ears Illustris Colocasia is a classic beauty.
🐘 The heart-shaped, large purple-and-green leaves of Illustris are huge, and their dark highlights are stunning.
🐘 This elephant ear is a lover of moist shade, but does best with a little dappled sunlight.
🐘 It will tolerate boggy conditions.
🐘 Provide light shade to full shade and consistently moist or boggy soil.
🐘 It is a strong fast growing variety that does great in container, landscapes, ponds and patios.

Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree

🌞 How to grow your own Chanel #5.

✨ Cananga fruticosa - Dwarf Ylang-Ylang, Chanel No 5 Tree is a highly sought-after plant fragrant small tree.
✨It stays compact with a lovely tree-like shape.
✨ Flowers smell just like the full-size Ylang-Ylang (source of Chanel#5 perfume fragrance), though the fragrance may be lighter in less humid conditions.
✨Starts flowering right away and blooms year-round in warm conditions.
✨ Thrives as a container- and houseplant. Needs bright light for profuse flowering.