Contrast the colors of foliage

The purple - black leaf of the sweet - potato vine ‘ Blackie ’ ( Ipomoea batatas‘Blackie ’ ) create a compositional foil for the superman - green leaves of a geranium ( Pelargoniumspp . ) . Lending distinction to both are the long fronds of a deeply unripened dracaena ( Dracaenaspp . ) . In this container planting by Sydney Eddison of Newtown , Connecticut , the root of contrast is further enhance by the sharply different shapes of the foliage .

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