Favorite Plant Combinations from Chanticleer Gardens

The head gardener at Chanticleer Gardens shares beautiful plant combinations that work as well in your garden as they do in this imaginative public garden. Explore these favorite plant combinations.

Pair Color with Shapes

Chanticleer Gardens is one of the most romantic, imaginative, and exciting public gardens in the United States. That's largely thanks to Bill Thomas, the garden's executive director and head gardener. Thomas has a knack for selecting innovative plant combinations that work as beautifully in Chanticleer's grand setting as they would in your home garden. Here, for example, elephant's ear (Colocasia 'Mojito') is paired with cranberry-color coleus (Solenostemon 'Red Head') and cotton-leaf Persian shield (Strobilanthes gossypinus) for a striking mix of color and shapes.