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It is now ten years since I started work on my foliage garden. Yes, it has flowers, but the principal interest comes from coloured foliage. As the plants are now starting to knit together, I thought I would post some pictures to show how it has developed.

Northeast corner

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ’Pelt’s Blue’ at the back
Middle shrubs – hydrangea macrophylla ‘Tricolor’ on the left, weigela ‘Naomi Campbell’ in the middle, abelia grandiflora ‘Kaleidoscope’ on the right
Podocarpus ‘Young Rusty’ in front

Northwest corner

Back left – berberis thunbergii ‘Rose Glow’
Back right – cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’
Front left – hosta ‘Halcyon’
Front right – euonymus fortunei ‘Blondy’
Pot – festuca ‘Elijah Blue’

Southwest corner

Back row (left to right) – rosa glauca, persicaria ‘Red Dragon’, sambucus nigra ‘Black Lace’
Middle row – persicaria ’Painter’s Palette’, pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Leopard’, pulmonaria ’Blake’s Silver’ with persicaria ‘Purple Fantasy’ behind
Front row – impatiens omeiana ‘Ice storm’ with rhododendron ‘Everred’ behind, ajuga reptans Burgundy Glow’ with astelia ‘Silver Shadow’ (struggling) behind, mukdenia ‘Karasuba’

Southeast corner

Back row – phormium ‘Jester’, acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’
Middle row – hypericum indorum ‘Golden Beacon’, unnamed hellebore with purple foliage in spring, anaphalis margaritacea, astrantia major ‘Sunningdale Variegated’
Front row – rosa wichuraiana ‘Variegata’, heucherella ‘Stoplight’ with a heuchera and helleborus x sternii ‘Silver Dollar’ behind, brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’ with geranium macrorrhizum ‘Variegatum’ behind

When the rest of the garden is looking brown in late October, this area is still alive with colour.

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Comments

 

so many colours and textures...looks fab..

14 Jun, 2017

 

Wonderful use of foliage plants, so many colours and shapes and each corner looking so different. Thank you for giving us the names of all the plants, I've made a note of some for future use!

14 Jun, 2017

 

In my favs, thanks for all the names, very useful.

14 Jun, 2017

 

Its a lovely effect. Very encouraging for me too as I have a newly planted Rosy Glow which will be fairly close to Euonymus silver queen when they both get bigger - Its just the effect I was hoping for. You've a fantastic variety of shapes and colours there - most enviable!

14 Jun, 2017

 

this is wonderful Andrew. they have really started to 'come together'.

16 Jun, 2017

 

Thanks for this, Andrew! Foliage creates so much interest. You've planned and planted with skill and it shows.

17 Jun, 2017

 

Bet it keeps the weeds down too, that Acer is a gorgeous colour

17 Jun, 2017

 

Sk - there are acers with better autumn colour, but 'Bloodgood' is still the best for purple leaves during the growing season.

17 Jun, 2017

 

Wonderful grouped coloured foliage around your garden Andrew lasts all year to.

19 Jun, 2017

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