need suggestions on big leaf plants to plant in sunny areas and in part sun areas, besides canna, EE. would prefer perennials, but not a must. I'm looking for BIG size. thanks
big leaf plants
If you can do wet, Gunnera are pretty impressive...Not really "pretty" plants, though.
http://plantsdatabase.com/search.php?search_text=gunnera&submit=Search
Some of the ornamental rhubarb really nice. Can't eat them, though. Not sure how well they would do in Texas. The regular rhubarb does quite well here.
http://plantsdatabase.com/b/Polygonaceae/Rheum/
I do not think Gunnera will grow in the Tx. heat.
Rootbeer plant (Piper auritum) has large leaves, have you considered Japanese aralia, or Clerodendron japonicum, also there's phildendron selloum...I too love the large leaf plants~Debra~
How about some of the Shell Gingers...man, the lack of resources around here for botanical names!!!...there is an upright one with HUGE pubescent leaves.
Philodendrons...LOTS of big leaves there in the self-heading types.
A potatoe vine grows in texas. The one I found was in the shade. It has Huge leaves and comes back in the spring.
Castor Baen plants have nice big leaves....comes in greens and purple/red. It is an annual but VERY easily seeded.
(very toxic plants and seeds so use caution around children and animals)
thanks everyone for your great suggestions.
What a coincidence redsundance, I bought a root beer plant this weekend. I will ck out the other plants you suggested.
Eje, I like the gunnera, but that actually falls in the MONSTROUSLY big category. lol. Wouldn't it be nice it gunnera had a dwarf variety (if that makes any sense)
Kids are grown and don't need to worry about kids re: castor bean, and luckily my dog & cat never mess with plants. I've been thinking about adding it to this particular spot.
I posted way up there and I guess it got eaten! LOL Another not listed is Petasites.
I suggest Rice paper plant.
Vossner,
There are different species of gunnera and not all are as gigantic as the manicata. I like the fatsias too.
I am on my 3rd Gunnera ( unless you want to count the 3 I've tried in Canada) and already it is causing me grief. It is planted in a half oak barrel set below the soil, in morning sun and afternoonshade. The older leaves all have singed areas on them as though burnt by the sun. This is a tinctoria and is supposed to get full sun, part shade. It gets ample water as well. What am I doing wrong? I am in zone 10.
Wind, salt air... I don't know. I have 2 of them too. I started off with 3 of them. The only problem I seem to be having is some sort of leaf eating insect is making so many holes on my leaves. I need to find something that will put an end to this that is save for the environment.
We have a Root Beer plant about 30 miles South of you that has very big leaves, neat little blooms and the leaves smell like Root Beer. It must never dry out. It is hard to overwater.
trois