Musa Acuminata ‘Bordelon’ ~ Bordelon Banana purple-leaf IMAGE: Ellywa

IMAGE: Ellywa

Prefers full sun and consistently moist to boggy soils

Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge is a fine upright evergreen grass with stiff copper-red to bronze foliage that arch slightly at the tips

Sunburst St John's Wort is a compact semi-evergreen shrub with blue-green lance-shaped leaves and exfoliating bark on mature plants

Fully packed panicles of dark maroon to deep purplish-red flowers bloom above the leaves in summer

Musa Acuminata ‘Bordelon’ ~ Bordelon Banana purple-leaf IMAGE: EllywaBordelon Banana is a large tropical perennial with a trunk like false stem and huge paddle shaped foliage marked with bronze burgundy and marron undersides. Grows best in full sun and rich, consistently moist well drained soils. Bordelon is ornamental banana with attractive flowers but does not fruit, and if it gets bright direct sunlight indoors it will produce its signature large pink flowers in summer once mature. Treat as an annual if outside.