If there is one thing I adore about traveling to new places, it’s discovering local plants, flowers and crops - and seeing which varieties of native flora are thriving in the wild. On a recent visit to Singapore, it's no exaggeration to say the jungle-esque planting was supersized throughout the city state.
The climate in Singapore is hot and humid all year round - a perpetual summer - which allows for a vast range of tropical plants and vegetables to grow very happily. The plants are colossal as a result, providing much inspiration for my tropical garden ideas. I saw 9ft tall fiddle leaf figs towering over balcony gardens, and at a park the leaves of an elephant ear plant (Colocasia gigantea) utterly dwarfed me - they were a welcome source of shade during the midday heat.
