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One year, these three plants were used in two pots and the foliage rich result was eye-catching
Yellow shrimp plant with two companions make the perfect trio in two pots
Foliage Lasts Throughout the Season
One of the benefits of focusing on plants for their foliage features is foliage lasts throughout the growing season. In many cases, annual plant blooms will wither away towards the end of the summer from heat exhaustion or repeat blooming.
So when you use foliage with a captivating thriller plant, like the yellow shrimp plant, you result with a stunning combination which is easy to assemble and maintain.
Echoing Foliage Colors
Notice how the dark purple plum like color (violet-red color on the color wheel) of the sweet potato vine’s heart shaped leaves are repeated in a band of the same rich purple plum color in the leaves of the Coleus ‘Kong Rose’ plant.
Repeating a color of one plant in another plant is a way to add impact to a design. This holds true in containers, patio pots, and in gardens of the ground.
Complementary Color – Yellow and Purple
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