Happy Saint Patrick's Day! This time of year, it's easy to get excited by the emerging foliage. I'm also very thankful for the foliage that has been keeping me from going insane all winter! Here are some of each.
I have a few Leucothes in my garden but this is a new evergreen friend, Leucothoe axillaris 'Curly Red'
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The fuzzy emerging foliage of Chrysaplenium macrophyllum, a Chinese member of the saxifrage family, is adorable!
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Veratrum californicum emerging from a sea of oxalis. Here are some interesting facts about this plant from the USDA website: False hellebore, or veratrum (sometimes called wild corn or cow cabbage), is a range plant that causes severe poisoning in sheep. It also affects cattle and goats. If ewes, nanny goats, and cows eat it during early pregnancy, false hellebore causes deformities in the offspring. Sheep and goats readily eat leaves and plant tops. Cattle may eat it if other forage is scarce.
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It's always sad to see the arum italicum foliage die back at the beginning of summer because it's so beautiful all winter long!
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Yucca gloriosa variegata, newly planted this fall is taking on lovely pink coloration for late winter. The others in this aren't doing this. Go figure.
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Emerging foliage/buds of a species paeonia Paeonia (big woody bush 8 feet tall, single yellow spring flowers...It'll come to me.)
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Lastly, a favorite year round combination of mine. Arborvitae '4ever gold' and Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Van Pelt's Blue'
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I have a few Leucothes in my garden but this is a new evergreen friend, Leucothoe axillaris 'Curly Red'
The fuzzy emerging foliage of Chrysaplenium macrophyllum, a Chinese member of the saxifrage family, is adorable!
the silver spots of this pulmonaria foliage lasts long after the flowers have gone.
Trillium seems to be in a rush this time of year.
False hellebore is poisonous from the time it starts to grow until after it is killed by freezing, but toxicity decreases as plants mature. The roots are 5 to 10 times as poisonous as leaves or stems. The poisonous substances in false hellebore are steroidal alkaloids. False hellebore grows in damp or seepage areas, on meadows, and on hillsides. The plant reaches a height of 1.5 to 2 meters. It is a robust perennial of the lily family.
It's always sad to see the arum italicum foliage die back at the beginning of summer because it's so beautiful all winter long!
Yucca gloriosa variegata, newly planted this fall is taking on lovely pink coloration for late winter. The others in this aren't doing this. Go figure.
Emerging foliage/buds of a species paeonia Paeonia (big woody bush 8 feet tall, single yellow spring flowers...It'll come to me.)
Lastly, a favorite year round combination of mine. Arborvitae '4ever gold' and Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Van Pelt's Blue'
Foliage follow up is sponsored each month on the day (or so) after Garden Bloggers' Bloom day by Pam Penick at Digging to remind us of the importance of foliage in our gardens every day of the year. Thanks, Pam for once again hosting the party! To see foliage from lots of gardens, click on over to Digging.