Combinations for Foliage Follow-Up

I was hoping to be clever and do a foliage arrangement for today and participate in both Foliage Follow Up and In A Vase on Monday.  However, I got busy gardening  and it somehow got dark before I'd cut anything for a vase.  In addition to working on regular spring garden tasks, I've cut down a running bamboo that had been in place for about ten years.  fortunately, it's run slowly but it sorely needed to be taken down.  Now comes the difficult task of digging out runners and trying to contain it.  Also on the list this weekend was using the chainsaw to cut down several holly trees along the back fence that made a nice backdrop and gave privacy to the lower garden but had been ignored for so too long and needed to be taken down by about 15 feet.  Fun.   Anyway, I'd taken some pictures of foliage combinations in my garden that were looking quite nice but didn't get around to posting until today.  Oops.


P. 'Red Dragon' looks especially nice paired with white ornamental grasses.  I stole borrowed this idea from Jerry at Jungle Fever.




Podophyllum delavayi in the ground surrounded by an Acer palmatum and Ribes sanguineum 'Brocklebankii'

Okay already, how many times can one reiterate purple and gold?  Euonymus and cordyline.

Acer palmatum 'Purple Ghost,' Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' and Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’



The large Euphorbia that I thought was dead last spring but made it through this winter with flying colors.  I've forgotten which one it is.  Do you know?

Sorry for the blurry picture but the pink of this Acer palmatum is as stunning as any flowering tree and the color stays for months.

Cordyline and Bishop's weed which, knock on wood, is still kept in check by greedy bamboo roots on one side and barriers on the others.
Foliage Follow-Up is hosted each month on the day (or so) after Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day to help us celebrate the important role that foliage plays in our gardens every day of the year.  Click here to see her foliage post and those of other participating bloggers.