“The vibrant jungle backdrop turns our deck into Shangri-la,” says owner Chris Beddow, who chose most of the plants for this Hawaii garden.
One key element: red-leafed ti plants (Cordyline fruticosa), which glow like torches, waking up the mostly green palette of Manila palms, crotons, and ferns.
In cooler climes, sub Cordyline ‘Festival Grass’, Canna ‘Tropicanna’ or ‘Tropicanna Black’, or some Solenostemon.