LATE SUMMER WARMTH
At Cottesbrooke, we don't use many red and orange plants in the garden, as they can be difficult to incorporate with the softer pastel shades that seem to dominate our borders. There are, however, a few plants that we've fallen in love with over the years and just had to have. As long as there is a unifying theme, in this case, the warm, autumnal colour palette, then grouping together a collection of pots is a great way of displaying a number of individual plants.
How to achieve the look
Container and composition
To emphasise the autumnal feeling I've used only terracotta pots. That way I can use a selection of shapes and sizes and still create a cohesive overall aesthetic. The banana, ‘Maurelii'. is several years old and so the pot had to be large enough
