Large leaf plants

The two rather unusual Lobelias, Lobelia tupa is a perennial, large grey leaves, scarlet flowers, late summer, and height 6 ft.    It is easy to seed [in fact in our gardens seeds by itself in quite good positions] and appears to withstand light frosts in our garden.
Lobelia gibberoa is a spectacular architectural giant, that reaches about 24 ft in our garden.    It does come from Africa but we have found it quite easy to grow in our cool temperate climate.   We have also easily propagated it
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