Textured plants that steal the show

Whereas colour and form had been essential components in selecting the vegetation, a mixture of daring and high quality textures kinds the spine of the design. Listed here are among the most spectacularly textured vegetation on this backyard.

Lungwort ‘Moonshine’

Identify: pulmonary ‘Moonshine’

Zones: 4–9

Measurement: 12 to fifteen inches tall and 15 to twenty inches large

Situations: A fan of full shade; moist, well-drained soil

native vary: Hybrid

A deciduous, shade-loving perennial, ‘Moonshine’ Lungwort kinds a mound of broad, rounded leaves with white edges and a placing texture.

Agapanto ‘Storm Cloud’

Identify: agapanthus ‘Storm Cloud’

Zones: 7–10

Measurement: 3 to five ft tall in flower; 2 to three meters large

Situations: Full solar to partial shade; effectively drained soil

native vary: Hybrid

This dramatic South African perennial blooms in summer time. It has giant, daring, strap-shaped foliage and clusters of deep purple flowers on tall stems.

New Zealand orange sedge

Identify: Carex testacea

Zones: 6–10

Measurement: 1-½ to 2 ft tall and large

Situations: Full solar to partial shade; moist, well-drained soil

native vary: New Zealand

Finely textured bronze-green leaves age to an electrical orange within the cool season. This arched and mound perennial grass is good for piling up and spilling over rocks.

Heavenly Bamboo ‘Lemon-Lime’

Identify: home nandina* ‘Lemon’

Zones: 6–9

Measurement: 3 to 4 meters excessive and large

Situations: Full solar to partial shade; effectively drained soil

native vary: Japan, China, India

A fluffy evergreen shrub with evergreen foliage that fades to a gorgeous inexperienced, this plant has branches of reduce leaves that kind a fluffy lemon-colored mound.

English Lavender ‘Hidcote’

Identify: Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’

Zones: 5–8

Measurement: 1 to 1 ½ ft tall and large

Situations: Full solar; dry to medium, well-drained soil

native vary: southern europe

This aromatic evergreen undershrub is a star for its deep purple flowers, long-lasting scent and finely textured foliage.

New Zealand Flax ‘Rainbow Dawn’

Identify: phormium tenax ‘Rainbow Dawn’ sync. ‘Maori Dawn’

Zones: 7b–11

Measurement: 2 to 4 meters excessive and large

Situations: Full solar to partial shade; moist, well-drained soil

native vary: New Zealand

A dramatic upright evergreen perennial, this plant has daring, curved leaves and an open behavior.

* Invasive Alert:

Heavenly Bamboo (home nandina)

This plant is taken into account invasive in AL, FL, GA, MD, MO and SC.

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Robin Parsons is a member of APLD and the proprietor and operator of Spring Greenworks, LLC, a Seattle-based landscaping firm.Robin Parsons

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