Pam at Digging hosts Foliage Follow-Up the day after Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Really, flowers are nice, but foliage is what really carries the garden through the seasons.
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| Hosta 'The Shining'. I wonder if I'll get more into hostas once the fence is up? |
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| Golden scales adorn the leaves of Rhododendron superbum, one of my vireyas. |
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| Water droplets on Molinia caerulea 'Variegata' |
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| The slightly silver leaves of Helleborus x sternii. I need more of these types of hellebore with attractive foliage and more sun tolerance. |
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| I finally managed a decent picture of Callistemon pityoides 'Mt. Kosciusco Form'. I love the big golden buds! |
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| Feathery new growth on Cedrus deodara. |
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| I love Glumicalyx gosseloides. Aside from a few yellow stems on the bottom of the plant, it stayed beautifully green all winter. It reminds me of a sedum, but unlike those the scented foliage of Glumicalyx isn't bothered by deer. I can't wait for the drooping, orange, chocolate-scented flowers! I'm planning on taking lots of cuttings of this. I want more! |
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| Acer metcalfii, from Far Reaches Farm, is one of the snake-barked maples. I didn't know that it also had this gorgeous, purple-black new growth! This first flush is much more intense than the later new growth. |
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| Bright pinkish red new growth on Mahonia 'Indianola Silver' |
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| The first leaves on the Davidia involucrata 'Variegata' are unfolding from the buds. |
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| With all the water captured on this leaf, it looks like some wonderful jewel. |
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| Not only did both my little Woodwardia unigemmata survive the winter, but they are sending up these gorgeous new fronds! Can't wait for these plants to grow up! |
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| Epimedium saggitatum foliage. Only a few flecks on this understated beauty. |
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| Conversely, there's really nothing understated about the mottled riot of the new leaves on this Epimedium wushanense. |
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| Pieris japonica 'Variegata' is gorgeous with pinkish red new growth. |
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| My seed-grown tree peonies are resplendent in their red new growth. |
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| A nice Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' seedling. I need to remember to move it come summer so it doesn't get so washed out. |
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| I'm fairly pleased with the combination of Daphne x transatlantica 'Blafra', Dentaria diphylla, and Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'. The large leaves of the dentaria are a nice seasonal contrast to the finer textures of the daphne and mondo grass, and the various shades of green make a simple background for the fragrant white flowers of the daphne. Definitely not slug-proof, though! |
