Showy Foliage - Page 43 of 69

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    Blue-eyed grass

    Sisyrinchium graminoides

    This clump forming, semi-evergreen, grass-like perennial blooms in summer, with a long succession of yellow-centered blue flowers.

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    ‘Trailing Salamander’ coleus

    Plectranthus scutellarioides ‘Trailing Salamander’

    ‘Trailing Salamander’, which grows 14 inches tall, has oval, near-black leaves edged in bright lime.

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    ‘Smaragd’ American arborvitae

    Thuja occidentalis ‘Smaragd’

    This cultivar is a compact, evergreen, pyramidal tree that retains its glossy, bright green foliage throughout the year, making it a valuable hedge plant or specimen.

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    Mexican anise tree

    Illicium mexicanum

    Attractive, glossy, dark green leaves and red flowers are similar to those of Florida anise, but this plant flowers continuously from spring to fall.

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    Redtwig dogwood

    Cornus alba

    These showy shrubs have two distinct phases of garden interest.

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    Silver thyme

    Thymus  × citriodorus ‘Argenteus’

    This plant is an elegant addition to an herb or ornamental garden.

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    ‘Mint Chocolate’ Foam flower

    Tiarella 'Mint Chocolate'

    This clump-forming variety has unusually long, maple-shaped leaves with a chocolate-colored overlay.

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    ‘Dwarf Cherry Rose’ nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus ‘Dwarf Cherry Rose’

    This old-fashioned cultivar of the species has a mounding habit and grows 12 inches tall and about as wide.

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    Rice-paper plant

    Tetrapanax papyrifer

    Large—to 20 inches across—almost rounded, lobed leaves that are colored green with a downy gray tinge contrast beautifully with almost any companion plant.

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    Empress tree

    Paulownia tomentosa

    This deciduous tree has thick shoots and large, lobed, bright green leaves.