Viewing post #1998606 by Esperanza

A friend of mine wants a black garden with splashes of red and pink. She sent me an article on black plants and of course it had a bunch of stuff that will not grow well here. I have suggested black mondo grass(was in article) and any of the black elephant ears that are on the market now. I think she might like the diamond series of crepe myrtles that look almost black but other than that I am drawing a blank. I have never had requests for a garden to be black. Anyone have some ideas they can throw out there? The only black stuff I have in my garden is because it died I did have a black coral E.E. that I loved last year but it did not pull through the winter even though it was in a protected spot and we had a mild winter. I know there are some black Iris out there but I do not know if they are hardy or if they are really black and not photo shopped. I am thinking the best way to get a lot of black is through foliage and let the flowers to be the red and pink.