Showy Foliage - Page 55 of 69 - Fine Gardening

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    ‘Portodora’ elephant’s ear

    Alocasia ‘Portodora’

    Portodora’ produces big, ribbed, upward-pointing leaves that look like lettuce-edged fans. This plant adds instant drama.

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    ‘Autumn Bride’ heuchera

    Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'

    Large, fuzzy, gray-green leaves distinguish 'Autumn Bride' from other cultivars of Heuchera villosa .

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    ‘Silver Shimmers’ lungwort

    Pulmonaria 'Silver Shimmers'

    This eye-catching perennial has silver-plated leaves with speckled margins.

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    Begonia ‘Green Gold’

    Begonia 'Green Gold'

    The leaves of 'Green Gold' are predominantly silver with deep green veining.

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    Crinum ‘Sangria’

    Crinum 'Sangria'

    This purple-leaved hybrid has Crinum bulbispermum in its blood, so it is more cold hardy than many other purple-leaved crinums.

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    ‘Variegata’ iris

    Iris pallida ‘Variegata’

    An iris with foliage as showy as its flowers, 'Variegata' has bright green leaves striped with yellow and beautiful soft blue flowers with yellow beards.

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    ‘Tricolor’ copperleaf

    Acalypha wilkesiana ‘Tricolor’

    This spreading shrub from tropical and subtropical regions can reach 6 feet tall.

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    Japanese laurel

    Aucuba japonica

    Aucuba are grown for their bold foliage, autumn fruit, and adaptability to shade, dry soil, pollution, and coastal conditions.

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    Sargent’s weeping hemlock

    Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'

    This hemlock cultivar makes a very beautiful specimen, slowly forming a 10- to 15-foot-tall and 30-foot-wide, multi-layered mound of greenery.

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    Perfoliate Alexanders

    Smyrnium perfoliatum

    This spring bloomer produces bright chartreuse floral domes atop bract-like, rounded leaves that are pierced by the flower's stem.