A ngus is the owner and begetter of Architectural Plants. Always with a design background, in 1989 he conceived the idea of having a nursery producing plants where the emphasis was always on their shapely and sculptural aspects - rather than just colour.
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he new enterprise was partly as a result of his burgeoning interest in the subject but largely due to his inability to find the plants he'd fallen in love with.
To him, this was a natural progression from interior design (he was formerly a furniture designer) to exterior design.
A visit to the nursery and its surroundings will give a good indication of what he likes.
'Bold, sometimes exotic but always shapely' probably sums up his approach.