Showy Foliage - Page 7 of 69 - Fine Gardening

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    Astilboides tabularis

    Astilboides tabularis

    This unique species bears large, rounded leaves that resemble lily pads and seem to defy gravity.

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    Italian arum

    Arum italicum

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    Arkansas bluestar

    Amsonia hubrichtii

    Arkansas bluestar's delicate, willow-like foliage is topped with pale blue star-shaped flowers in spring.

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    Western maidenhair fern

    Adiantum pedatum ssp. aleuticum

    This is an elegant, deciduous fern with medium green fronds on dark brown or black stalks with thick creeping rhizomes.

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    ‘Coronation Gold’ yarrow

    Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’

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    ‘Moonshine’ yarrow

    Achillea 'Moonshine'

    This popular gray-leaved yarrow has 18-inch-tall yellow flower heads that last for several weeks in late summer.

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    Bear’s breeches

    Acanthus mollis

    Acanthus mollis is prized for its bold clumps of shiny green leaves topped with striking, 3-foot-tall spires of white flowers which are clasped by showy purple bracts.

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    Variegated glossy abelia

    Abelia  × grandiflora 'Confetti'

    'Confetti' offers finely textured medium green foliage variegated with creamy white and pink.

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    Ashe magnolia

    Magnolia ashei

    This spreading deciduous shrub or small tree has large, light-green glossy leaves to 2 feet long.

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    Metasequoia glyptostroboides

    Metasequoia glyptostroboides

    This deciduous, monoecious, coniferous tree grows to 100 feet tall.