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Sculptural or architectural plants are plants with bold, eye catching forms.

This is a group of plants often overlooked when designing a garden, including Caribbean gardens. Sculptural plants create height and interest from all angles, thus adding depth to a garden.

These plants can be also used as focal points or at the back for a dramatic effect.



Think of these plants as sculpture or architecture-adding stars, columns and spheres to your garden






Sculptural plants also look great at all times-not only when they are in bloom. Many have a distinctive winter presence – look at these branches of plumeria in winter n Laung Prabang (wonderfully mixed with the blood red leaves in the first pic)





San Francisco is one place where people don’t shirk away from making bold statements with plants.




In Asian garden design plants are used extensively as sculptural elements, both in the urban and rural contexts.

Laung Prabang, Laos




Hanoi, Vietnam


Siem Reap, Cambodia



These leaves are like living sculpture.






On a smaller scale, echevieras, kalonchoes and other succulents provide sculptural interest.






In warm and dry regions aloes, agaves and grasses are so lovely and require little care. the first pics were taken at the Flora Grubb in San Francisco,and the last at a resort here.







Bamboos make great focal points and are used extensively in Asia.




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