Vertical Garden - Red Brown plant

Hi,

Hoping you can help me. Looking at creating a vertical garden. Does anyone know what the red/brown plant is in the image below?

 

Sorry but even zooming in it is impossible to see enough detail to give accurate id.
Bear in mind that image looks to be tropical plants./indoor plants if in UK.
Where did you take this image?

Green walls in hot countries are fantastic.

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What a shame. It's so disappointing when our eyes fail. Really hope you find the answer James.

Silver Surfer. I hope you are keeping fit and well. Best wishes.

 

I would be guessing coleus based on colour and what I can see of the leaf shape. Like Silver surfer says, those are definitely indoor plants if you're in the UK.

 

Hi Graham B. I had similar thoughts at first. Then taking into account the surrounding plants, I began to wonder. What my aging eyes noticed, the branches/stems etc. these appear to be perhaps more of what might represent a shrub. Who knows? perhaps a cornus var. I honestly don't know

 

Thank you Mike..all is well...eye sight still very good thank you.
I can copy images here into another program where I can then zoom in really closely to see if that helps. I have a big screen ..not just a tiny screen on a phone.

I have tracked down original image to an advert for Longacre, a large garden centre chain.....who is selling the containers.
See Green4air 12 pod greenwall vertical gardening starter pack.
It shows a larger image.
But still unable to see enough detail to id the red leaf plant.
I am sure all plants are either indoor or from a tropical climate.

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Again with the piccy its hard to be 100%, but I know Alternanthera purple knight, Iresine, and Ipomea black tone are used in verti gardens alot.

 

Hey everyone, a big thank you for your efforts in identifying the plant. Always a challenge. What's interesting are the challenges of maintaining a vertical garden. Are there any plants that you would recommend for an all year round outdoor vertical garden?

 

The only problem with a year round display is, the plants will grow towards the light, and by the end of summer, all the plants will start to face the sky, spoiling your display.
Most of these gardens are planted with annuals, you have 2 sets of trays you fix to the wall (other cheaper versions are available, but involve pot holders that are not as nice) via a pre fixed frame, with an inbuilt irrigation system, grow the tray on the floor, and replace older flagging trays with the new design, i.e begonias in summer, pansies autumn winter for example.

 

Could it be Leucothoe?

 

Thanks cuttings. That's a great tip. I do have a set of pot holders like the Green4Air solution. I was hoping I could have a set of plants that I could make work all season round but I'm thinking that might be wishful thinking now ☺️. I'm guessing that if I trim the vertical garden back it will, to an extent, prevent the wall from just growing in one direction and looking patchy.

 

I just had a look at the type you are using, the pot holder type, you can get all year round colour, but it will take a bit of graft, feeding, and keeping a complex design looking sharpe. You could use plants like Ajuga, Sedum Angelina, Sedum lineare, Thyme and Veronica Georgia blue, Arenaria, Armeria, Herniaria glabra you will get some flower but the different colour foilage, andvthe changing ofvthis colour would have to be very well planned. As the pockets are at a 45 degree angle, they should be fine, not many flowers, but plenty of all year round colour. Another thought would be to use Heuchera little cuties, these are a range of small Heuchera bred for pots, so they remain neater than there larger cousins. On a final note you could by extra pot holders, have one lot with alpines, when they finish flowering changevthem for a summer design, then put the alpine display back out in early September to catch the second flowering. With the holders you have its not impossible, buts it will take a bit of planning. Give it a go, and post some piccies.

 

Possibly Pseuderanthemum, the nearest plant is Dieffenbachia Green Magic.

 

Thanks for everyone's help.

Just compiling a list of plants based on the feedback:

• Dieffenbachia Green Magic
• Ajuga
• Sedum Angelina
• Sedum lineare
• Thyme and Veronica Georgia blue
• Arenaria
• Armeria
• Herniaria glabra
• Alternanthera purple knight
• Iresine
• Ipomea black tone

What I'm settling on at the moment is:

• Alternanthera purple knight
  
• Fern
• Dieffenbachia Green Magic
  
• Ajuga Braun Hertz
  
• Sedum Angelina Rupestre
  
• Sedum lineare 'Variegatum'

And maybe a little of the

• Armeria
  
• Herniaria glabra Green Carpet

Would welcome your thoughts and whether they can survive in Winter.