The Hidden Beauty of Kranji Garden
This garden is John Tan and Raymond Toh’s debut at RHS Chelsea and is inspired by Kranji, a suburb of Singapore with a lush natural landscape home to tropical plants, orchid farms and nature reserve wetlands.
15 May 2015 | 1 min read
Visitors to the show are transported to tropical Singapore as coconuts, other palms and Ficus flank the garden, while ferns create an oasis. This is a secret garden filled with vibrant tropical plants and orchids.
The orchids draw the visitor’s views along the pathways through the tropical planting and past a waterfall cascading over a green wall of ferns to a pond, and house with a roof garden with creepers flowing down.
Plant list
SHRUBS
Alocasia calidora
Alocasia polly
Alpinia purpurata
Calathea insignis
Calathea medallion
Cordyline fruiticosa
Costus woodsonii
Ficus elastica
Ophiopogon japonica
Philodendron Imperial Red
Philodendron pertussem
Philodendron selloum
Philodendron xanadu
Sansaveria trifasciata laurentii
Spathiphyllum lima
Spathiphyllum sensation
Schefflera arboricola
Aeschynanthus lobbianus
Dracaena cintho Vertakt
Calathea orbifolia
Ananas champaca
Aglaonema crete
TREES / PALM
Areca lutescens
Vietchia merrillii
Cerbera manghas
Musa tropicana
Rhapis excelsa
Cocos nucifera
Cycas revoluta
Ficus Lyrata
Schefflera amate
Cyathea brownii
Pandanus tectorius "sanderi"
Licuala grandis
GROUND COVERS
Scindapsus aureus
Calissia turtle
Microsorum diversifolium
Nephrolepsis exaltata
Humata tyremannii
Asplenium nidus
Platycerium bifurcatum 80cm
VERTICAL GREENERY
Tradescantia zebrina
Asplenium antiquum
Chlorophytum ocean
Tillandsia usneoides
Philodendron scandens
Peperomia angulata
Neoregelia / Bromeliads
Syngonium Red
Syngonium (pink)
Syngonium pixie
Sellaginella
GREENWALL
Tradescantia zebrina
Tillandsia usneoides
Asplenium antiquum
Philodendron erubescens
Chrlorophytum ocean
Peperomia "scandens"
Scindapsus aureus
Wedelia trilobata
Dissotis
Neoregelia