More Fabulous Foliage
There is an endless array of plants that can be added to the garden for their foliage texture and color. The following list will help to get you started in adding drama to the garden with plants that have fabulous foliage. Add to this list when you are out visiting gardens and looking at plants for what they can offer beyond flowers.
Tender Plants with Colorful or Interesting Foliage
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Lotus Vine
Lotus berthelotii
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Potato Vine
Solanum jasminoides
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Honeybush
Melianthus sp.
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Gray Santolina
Santolina chamaecyparissus
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Golden Dew Drop
Duranta erecta
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Cigar Flower
Cuphea ignea
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Coral Tree
Erythrina variegata
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Copperleaf
Acalypha widesiana
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Pineapple Lily
Eucomis bicolor
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Cardoon
Cynara cardunculatus
Hardy Trees and Shrubs with Interesting or Colorful Foliage
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Buckeye
Aesculus x carnea ‘O’neil Red’
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Variegated Norway Maple
Acer platanoides ‘Variegatum’
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Royalty Crab
Malus ‘Royalty’
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Smokebush
Cotinus coggygria ‘Velvet Cloak’
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Spirea
Spriea x ‘Gold Mound’
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Weigela
Weigel florida ‘Variegata’
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San Zam Chinese Dogwood
Cornus kousa ‘Sanzam’
Hardy Perennials with Colorful Foliage
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Hosta
Hosta sp.
- Coral Bells
Heuchera sp.
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Iris
Iris pallida
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Carpet Bugle
Ajuga reptans
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Yarrow
Achillea sp.
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Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum
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Chameleon Plant
Houttuynia cordata
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Bluebeard
Caryopteris x clandonensis
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Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium sp.
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Yellow Archangle
Lamiastrum galeobdolon
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Comfrey
Symphytum grandiflorum
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Chinese Silver Grass
Miscanthus ‘Variegatus’
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Porcupine Grass
Miscanthus ‘Strictus’
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Japanese Hakonechloa
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aereola’
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Blue Oat Grass
Helictotrichon sempervirena
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Blue Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’
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Viola
Viola cornuta ‘Fiji Dawn’
Annuals with Colorful Foliage
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Coleus
Solenostemon scutellarioides
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Polka Dot Plant
Hypoestes sanguinolenta
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Summer Poinsettia
Amaranthus sp.
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Cockscomb
Celosia argentea
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Silver Dollar Plant
Eucalyptus cinerea
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Dusty Miller
Sencio cineraria
