Variegated Foliage - Page 2 of 12 - Fine Gardening

  • 'Katherine' garden phlox
    Design

    The Best Garden Phlox

    Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata and cvs., USDA Hardiness Zones 4–8) is one of those “memory” plants for me—a plant I remember from a long way back, before I even knew…

  • Miss Willmott’s ghost and ‘El Nino’ hosta
    Design

    Create a Garden with Cohesiveness

    Have you ever noticed that the best gardens have a seamless continuity? These spaces, which are often featured in gardening books and magazines, always seem to flow together beautifully because…

  • Japanese Maples
    Design

    Enchanting Japanese Maples

    Two experts pick their favorites based on color, shape

  • 'Gold Band' pampas grass
    Plant Guide

    ‘Gold Band’ pampas grass

    Cortaderia selloana 'Gold Band'

    This clumping, drought-tolerant grass is one of the best pampas grasses you could grow.

  • Plant Guide

    Piggyback plant

    Tolmiea menziesii ‘Taff’s Gold’

    With its mottled cream/green foliage, 'Taff's Gold' can brighten any dark garden area.

  • Plant Guide

    ‘Carnaval de Nice’ tulip

    Tulipa ‘Carnaval de Nice’

    For later-blooming flowers with ornamental foliage, try Tulipa 'Carnaval de Nice'.

  • Plant Guide

    Tradescantia zebrina

    Tradescantia zebrina

    This trailing perennial is grown for its foliage.

  • Plant Guide

    ‘Jewel of Africa’ nasturtium

    Tropaeolum majus ‘Jewel of Africa’

    This climbing, old-fashioned cultivar grows to 8 feet tall.

  • Plant Guide

    Propeller toad shade

    Trillium stamineum

    This striking spring-blooming species features narrow, chocolate-colored petals that twist like a propeller over slightly mottled leaves.

  • Plant Guide

    Giant trillium

    Trillium chloropetalum

    This species blooms in early to mid-spring with large blossoms of white, yellow, or deep purple-black.