Vines are close companions—twining their way up through trees, shrubs, and smaller plants. Lisa D. Cady created this colorful, contrasting combination for a container in the Nancy Bryan Luce Garden at the New York Botanical Garden. The bright yellow-and-green-variegated foliage of potato vine (Solanum jasminoides ‘Variegata’) mingles among the deep purple flowers and dark grteen leaves of ‘African Blue’ basil (Ocimum basilicum ‘African Blue’).

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