Paint your garden blackby Tara Nolan |
Ok, don’t paint all of it black. But add some contrast this spring with something really interesting, a conversation piece. Plant something black. I came back from my holiday vacation to find Black Plants by Paul Bonnie on my desk. It was an interesting contrast to the white swirl of snowflakes that I could see out the office window. The featured plants are gorgeous and unexpected–a nice change from the usual botanical suspects gracing the nursery. Now they’re not all pitch-black per se, but some plants have black leaves or stripes on their petals or are deep shades of purple or burgundy. I’ve included a couple of examples below!
Black hollyhock (Alcea rosea 'Nigra')
Large wild ginger (Asarum maximum)
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Tags: black plants, hollyhocks, Paul Bonnie, wild ginger
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The title of this post certainly caught my eye! I do like these dark plants but I cannot think of them as truly black - that would be off putting for me (all those associations with evil) but when you look hard they are actually like the darkest of chocolate - and I do love that!
What beautiful and interesting plants….love the texture. Gives me something to think about for my garden.
I have to say I am not a fan of black plants - there is already too much fascination with black - black clothes, black cars and now black plants! Gardening for me is about about bringing cheerful colours to the garden and to our lives!
I really enjoy reading your column, though!