Gardening novice seeks plant suggestions for a tropical inspired border

[WestOfWestminster]

Starting from scratch on a garden border and want to make it look tropical. Does anyone have any planting suggestions?

Its a fairly small garden in the south of the UK
Ideally low maintenance, and as much green all year round. We are overlooked a bit on one side so would be good to have something that provides a bit of privacy but the garden is too small to have a massive palm tree or anything huge.

Any ideas of what I could plant? 🌴

Fatsia Japonica ‘spider’s web’ is a tropical looking shrub that is happy in sun or shade.

https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/fatsia-japonica-spiders-web/classid.2000020976/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIn9Kuz7KH_wIVje7tCh1kBwBVEAQYAiABEgJCH_D_BwE

Crocosmia Lucifer looks tropical but is tough as old boots.

https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/crocosmia-lucifer/classid.1055/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMItdTmkbOH_wIVG-ztCh2ICQ-dEAQYAiABEgLBhfD_BwE

Ooh yes, I was going to suggest fatsia!

Canna lilies (half hardy, needs frost free storage overwinter) - I grow in pots
Colocasia or Ipomea (these are grown from corms), Ipomea flowers are lovely, lovely huge tropical leaves (pot and store as above)
Musa (banana); there are some like Musa basjoo which are supposedly hardy
Palm trees; Chamaerops humilis is a smaller slow growing palm
Cordylines bring colour - I like Torbay red, variegated green, gold and red leaves and relatively slow growing.
Phormiums if you have space - mine have quadrupled in size and are now rather huge! They are easy to look after though and tolerate balls being kicked into them and so on
If you have shade and damp soil add some ferns - I love matteuccia struthiopteris for size and the delicate Athyrium niponicum metallicum for it's silvery colour

Thank you, i've googled some of these suggestions and they look great, thank you for all the ideas, I've made a list!

If you have a large enough space look at Tetrapanax Rex . Huge tropical leaves and completely hardy . Also the palm tree Trachycarpus Fortuneii is absolutely hardy too . Golden grass Hakenochloa Aurea looks at home amongst tropical plants too and is a lovely splash of colour. Dahlias work well in tropical schemes too .

You could get a foxglove tree and chop it to the ground every year to encourage big leaves ?

Maybe not every year, that would probably kill it. Every three years?