Showy Foliage - Page 66 of 69 - Fine Gardening

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    Italian arum

    Arum italicum

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    ‘Mint Julep’ pfitzer juniper

    Juniperus × pfitzeriana ‘Mint Julep’

    This evergreen shrub has rich, bright-green fine-textured foliage in summer.

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    Coral bells

    Heuchera americana

    Rosettes of evergreen, leathery, heart-shaped leaves emerge marbled and veined with brown, maturing to deep green with copper-green shading.

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    Mrs. Robb’s bonnet

    Euphorbia amygdaloides var. robbiae

    This variety has dark, glossy evergreen leaves arranged in tight rosettes, and it produces yellow-green bracts in mid-spring and early summer.

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    ‘Red Trailing Queen’ coleus

    Plectranthus scutellarioides ‘Red Trailing Queen’

    As basic as a black dress, 15-inch-tall ‘Red Trailing Queen’ bedecks herself from leaf to stem in regal burgundy.

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    Silver spurflower

    Plectranthus argentatus

    Grown mainly for its velvety gray succulent leaves, this Australian native shrub can reach 3 feet high and wide.

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    Bitter melon

    Momordica charantia

    An edible member of Cucurbitaceae family, bitter melon has delicate growth and exotic-looking fruits.

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    Seersucker sedge

    Carex plantaginea

    Seersucker sedge is an evergreen, spreading sedge with narrow brown-black flowers on 8-inch stems in spring.

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    Snow bush

    Breynia disticha ‘Roseo-picta’

    The white- and pink-mottled leaves of 'Roseo-picta' make it appear as if the plant has been snowed upon, even though it is a tropical plant.

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    Mescal

    Agave parryi

    This plant has a dense rosette of fleshy blue-gray leaves and produces tall, cream-colored flowers tinged with red or pink in summer.