Your own little bit of Tresco. All you need is a well drained south facing bank - any size. Together, these plants create an extraordinarily exotic sight, summer or winter. A large concentration of strong shapes with contrasting textures looks particularly good at night, floodlit. Don't be put off by the fact that many of these plants have RED labels - use the hardy ones in colder areas - it still works.

Recommended Essentials:

Aeonium 'Schwarzkopff'

Aeonium arboreum 'Magnificum'

Agave americana

Agave americana medio-picta alba

Agave americana variegata

Agave attenuata

Agave celsii

Agave salmiana var. ferox

Aloe aristata

Aloe striatula

Astelia chathamica

Astelia nervosa

Beschorneria yuccoides

Carpobrotus edulis

Chamaerops humilis

Cordyline australis

Cordyline australis 'Albertii'

Cordyline kaspar

Dasylirion acrotrichum

Ephedra

Eryngium horridum

Euphorbia mellifera

Euphorbia myrsinites

Euphorbia wulfenii

Fascicularia bicolor

Furcraea longaeva

Geranium maderense

Kniphofia caulescens

Kniphofia northiae

Kniphofia uvaria nobilis

Lampranthus spectabile

Opuntia 'various species'

Phormium cookianum

Phormium cookianum tricolor

Phormium tenax

Phormium tenax variegatum

Puya alpestris

Sempervivum

Yucca aloifolia

Yucca aloifolia variegata

Yucca gloriosa

Yucca gloriosa variegata

Yucca recurva

Yucca x floribunda