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Foliage Can Carry the Show

By springcolor
April 20, 2014

Flowers are gorgeous but they can be here today and gone tomorrow. Foliage however, can carry the show 24/7 and throughout the growing season.

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Apr 19, 2014 6:57 PM CST
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Name: Marilyn
Greenwood Village, CO (Zone 5b)
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Since I have mostly shade I am using more and more colorful foliage to brighten up my corners.

Love so many of the above combinations. Especially the one in the middle of the third row, but I love them all. Lovey dubby Lovey dubby

Thanks for some great ideas for this year too. Hurray! Hurray!
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Apr 19, 2014 7:23 PM CST
Name: Anna
North Texas (Zone 8a)
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Same here! Foliage is especially good in the shade. What is the plant with green leaves with maroon chevron in the top row middle? I have that but have no idea what it is
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Apr 19, 2014 8:55 PM CST
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
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Thanks Marilyn and Anna
I forgot about this coming out.

The plant is Persicaria 'Painter Pallet
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Apr 20, 2014 3:48 AM CST
Name: Jo Ann Gentle
Pittsford NY (Zone 6a)
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Great article. Foliage makes a nice background for other flowering plants too .
Beautiful collection of images. I like all the combos.
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Apr 20, 2014 7:40 AM CST
Name: Anna
North Texas (Zone 8a)
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Thank you! I am a big fan of persicaria. I love this "Red Dragon"
It turns more green as it matures

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Apr 20, 2014 9:25 AM CST
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
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I have Red Dragon as well, gets so big though but ,worth it for all the color it gives. Mine gets 6 feet tall by 5 feet wide, the Painters Pallet stays small. Also have a small groundcover persicaria don't know the name (given to me) but is really spreading. Glad it's in a contained smaller garden.
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Apr 20, 2014 10:42 AM CST
Name: Anna
North Texas (Zone 8a)
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Oh my! I guess the harsher conditions here keep mine less than 3 ft. My painter's palette in shade. I think maybe it will do better with a little sun
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Apr 20, 2014 11:29 AM CST
Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
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Very good article, makes me want to try a few of those lovely foliage plants in my garden. Thumbs up
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Apr 20, 2014 4:03 PM CST
Name: Linda
Tucson, Arizona
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I only discovered Coleus a few years ago and what a difference it makes in the desert garden. Much needed and welcome color, especially love it in the fall ! Thumbs up
" And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden" Genesis 2:8
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Apr 20, 2014 5:20 PM CST
Name: Deb
Planet Earth (Zone 8b)
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Beautiful combinations!
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Apr 21, 2014 5:07 AM CST
Name: Vickie
southern Indiana (Zone 6b)
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Those are awesome plants you have! I love that geranium Thumbs up
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Apr 21, 2014 10:02 AM CST
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
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Vickie,
I love that geranium too, It's either Tricolor or Mrs. Pollock. Not much difference between this two in my eyes, they booth bloom orange. Tricolor is in every nursery around here. Also they don't seem to bloom as much as a regular zonal.
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Apr 22, 2014 10:58 AM CST
Name: Susan
Southeast NE (Zone 5b)
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Lovely photos. Coleus are my most used of all annual for containers. I love how easy they are to save over the winter too.
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Jan 3, 2016 6:40 AM CST
Name: Caroline Scott
Calgary (Zone 4a)
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Thank you for an inspiration on growing foliage plants.
A very good article!
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Jan 3, 2016 10:29 AM CST
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
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Thank You! Caroline. You will have to tells us what you end up growing.
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Aug 31, 2022 3:32 PM CST
Name: Bev
Salem OR (Zone 8a)
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Julia, read this article again and realize the pictures you used were fantastic and great examples of points you made regarding flowers and foliage. It's quite fun to hunt for "hitting you between the eyes" foliage. I found a lot of that in PNW public Botanical Greenhouses I visited a few years ago.
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Aug 31, 2022 9:05 PM CST
Name: Julia
Washington State (Zone 7a)
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Thank you Bev. That brings some memories back to me. I still do this in my containers.
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