Every month, on the day after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, Pam Penick of Digging hosts Foliage Follow-Up to celebrate the important role foliage plays in our gardens every day of the year. To see her post and find links to other participating foliage fans, click here
I'd decided to live without ornamental kale and cabbage this fall and winter but then they looked so beautiful and something needed to fill the pots by the back steps left vacant when the tender plants went into the greenhouse.
How can one not be happy with plants that will look this beautiful all winter long? (I ended up with seven when I found them on sale.)
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Acer palmatum 'Trompenburg's burgundy foliage looked very nice weaving around the oh-so-white leaves of Fatsia japonica 'Spider Web.' As the foliage of the former is turning bright red the combination is even more delightful.
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Accidental combination of Black Mondo Grass and Dusty Miller (Jacobaea maritima) that I rather like this time of year.
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I'd decided to live without ornamental kale and cabbage this fall and winter but then they looked so beautiful and something needed to fill the pots by the back steps left vacant when the tender plants went into the greenhouse.
How can one not be happy with plants that will look this beautiful all winter long? (I ended up with seven when I found them on sale.)
Cotinus 'Grace'
Acer palmatum 'Emerald Lace'
More white variegation. Azara microphylla and Disporum 'Moonlight.'
Agave ovatifolia
Yucca 'Bright Star'
