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Plants with Attractive Foliage
The following plants are
especially valuable for their foliage effect. The notation (B)
signifies a bold texture, (M) a medium texture, and (F) a fine
texture. The notation (G) indicates gray or silvery foliage, and (E)
indicates that the plant is evergreen. Many plants that generally
are evergreen may be only semievergreen if grown farther north.
| Acanthus (B) |
Bear's-breech |
| Alchemilla (M) |
Lady's-mantle |
| Amsonia (F) |
Blue-star |
| Armeria (F,E) |
Sea-pink |
| Artemisia (F,G) |
Wormwood |
| Aruncus (B) |
Goatsbeard |
| Aurinia (G) |
Basket-of-gold |
| Baptisia (M) |
False-indigo |
| Bergenia (B,E) |
Bergenia |
| Coreopsis
Verticillata (F) |
Threadleaf coreopsis |
| Crambe
cordifolia (B) |
Heartleaf crambe |
| Dianthus (F) |
Pink |
| Euphorbia (M) |
Spurge |
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Grasses: |
| Helleborus (E) |
Christmas-rose |
| Hemerocallis (E,
selected varieties) |
Daylily |
| Heuchera (E) |
Coralbells |
| Hosta (B) |
Plantain lily |
| Iris kaempferi
(M) |
Japanese iris |
| Iris sibirica
(M) |
Siberian iris |
| Kniphofia (M) |
Red-hot-poker |
| Lamiastrum
galeobdolon (G,E) |
Yellow-archangel |
| Ligularia (B) |
Groundsel |
| Paeonia (M) |
Peony |
| Polygonatum (M) |
Solomon's-seal |
| Pulmonaria (M) |
Lungwort |
| Salvia-superba
(G) |
Perennial salvia |
| Sedum (M) |
Stonecrop |
| Stachys
byzantina |
Lamb's-ears |
| Thalictrum |
Meadowrue |
| Verbascum
olympicum (G) |
Olympic mullein |
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