A Sense of Place

How's this for a dramatic companion planting? It's completely accidental of course and, at the moment not perfectly composed, but this has the potential for being an excellent late summer combination.  The berries are from Arum maculatum, the leaves of which are dormant at this time of year and the foliage is of Hosta 'Osiris Soleil Levant'.  I'm thinking that a better composition could be created by surrounding the Arum with another one or two 'Soleil Levant' so as to combine the two plants and to make more of the differences in colour and texture. A. maculatum is also a wonderful foliage plant in the Spring with leaves marked with black inky spots and typical flowering spadix. Arum maculatum and Hosta 'Osiris Soleil Levant'. Arum maculatum dormant except for it's brilliant red fruit.

As you know, I have recently moved house, in fact I've moved cities, from Toronto to Montréal. I had to give up a number of my larger plants that were too impractical to transport and to fit into a smaller house and garden. There was some damage to some of the plants in the move, but they have all recovered and are thriving on my sunny balcony. These are  some of the smaller Agaves that made the trip. Lord Ganesh ensures that they have maximum growing conditions. Two of the big Agaves that made the cut, A. victoriae-reginae and A. filifera as well as three smaller spikey types.