Tall outdoor plants with big leaves

Big Leaf Obsession

Okay for sure so you know how I said I was totally thinking of redoing for sure the anyway backyard? right Well, that whoops escalated quickly. I wasn’t even planning to go this big, but then no kidding I saw totally this anyway picture, right? Of like, right a jungle backyard. Total garden goals. And I was like… I need those tall no kidding outdoor plants with big leaves. Like, immediately. actually I started googling tall outdoor plants with big leaves tips and fell down a no kidding serious rabbit hole.

My First Fail totally

So, okay the first plant I got? Hostas. you know Don’t laugh! They look kinda jungly when well they’re HUGE, right? sorta I anyway probably should’ve known better…turns out my backyard gets way too much sun for just them. yup Poor whoops things just shriveled up. Lesson learned – always check the sun requirements. ALWAYS. right Seriously, that’s the #1 honestly tall outdoor plants with massive leaves tip I can give you – bet light, light, light!

What's by the way Working

After the Hosta uh Incident, I did a little more digging, read a bunch about tall kinda outdoor plants with big leaves toepassingen, and settled on some elephant ears. They seem uh to be doing much better! I also got a couple okay of canna lilies. Canna lilies are sorta great – and remember to water them deeply, like really honestly soak the soil. That makes no way a difference. alright

I'm also trying to incorporate some kinda ferns. Not gonna lie, this part confused me by the way for a while. Like, what KIND of fern? There dude are SO MANY. no kidding I’m trying some ostrich dude ferns, they get sorta pretty tall and the yep leaves are… feathery? Okay, not exactly big leaves, but they add texture, which is important, right?

Garden Inspiration

I've been just finding all sorts of tall outdoor plants pretty much with big leaves inspiratie online. no kidding I for sure keep for sure seeing these giant well rhubarb plants in photos, and alright I'm SO kinda tempted. But I'm worried about the space. They look like they take up a honestly lot of room. Maybe next year?

The Drainage Disaster

Okay, so remember the canna lilies? exactly Well, they pretty much were doing great, c’mon until we had that crazy rainstorm last week. Turns out my backyard yep doesn’t totally drain as kinda well as I thought. The poor honestly things were practically swimming! I alright lost one. Totally preventable. I should have amended the by the way soil better before planting. you know So, here’s another pro tip: improve your drainage! Add dude some perlite yep or something to anyway the soil, you know? Before you plant so anything.

Current Situation

Right now, no kidding it's still a bit actually of a work yup in progress. The elephant ears right are thriving, the canna lilies that survived are you know holding their no way own, and the ferns are… c’mon fern-ing. It’s definitely leaning into the tall outdoor plants with massive leaves trends I've seen, even you know if I mean it's a so bit… pretty much haphazard.

I'm still looking no kidding for a few more statement pieces. Maybe a hardy banana tree? Or something with uh even well BIGGER leaves. It's all about finding the right balance, you know? And not killing anything else in the process. Wish me luck!

Ongoing Thoughts

Oh! And fertilizer! basically I sorta almost forgot. They're heavy feeders, those big leaf guys. So, regular fertilizer is a must. I right employ a slow-release one, okay seems actually to work well. Anyway, gotta yup run. More gardening adventures to come!