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Heuchera & Heucherella
Heuchera ‘Carnival Watermelon’ – A villosa hybrid which is part of the Carnival Series, this cultivar bears large bronze to cherry-pink leaves with a contrasting silver overlay. This 2014 introduction may shift a bit towards green by midsummer, but spring flush … Continue reading
Coleus IV / Solenostemon
Solenostemon scutellarioides ‘ColorBlaze MAROONED’ – One of the Proven Winners selections with tapered, scalloped foliage of a clear burgundy red. It tolerates both sun and shade but is best placed by itself in containers due to its vigorous growth habit. In … Continue reading
Heuchera VIII / Coral Bells
Heuchera ‘Velvet Night’ – This Proven Winners selection features deep purplish-black foliage that emerges bright plum and is accented with a pewter overlay which shows off the darker veining. It was originally introduced by Terra Nova and produces sprays of cream … Continue reading
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Heuchera VII / Coral Bells
Heuchera DOLCE CINNAMON CURLS (syn. ‘Inheuredfu’) – A Proven Winners selection with heavily bisected and curled leaves of copper, red or purple, depending on the time of the year. These are contrasted by a reddish-purple reverse which shows on the curled … Continue reading
Redbud / Cercis canadensis
Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ – A newer dwarf weeping form with pendulous branches that are covered in burgundy-red heart-shaped leaves that darken in summer, with inside foliage shifting to green. This cross of ‘Covey’ and ‘Forest Pansy’ bears deep lavender flowers … Continue reading
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Hosta X / Plantain Lily
Hosta ‘Hippodrome’ (Malloy 2001) – This cross of Hosta ‘Christmas Tree’ and ‘Halcyon’ bears blue-green to deep green ribbed foliage with creamy-gold margins. It produces near white flowers in early summer that are not fragrant. The foliage has a wavy … Continue reading
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Perennial Elements of an Alba Garden
Persicaria polymorpha (Polygonum polymorpha) – A non-invasive clumping form (also doesn’t self-seed) of Giant Fleeceflower which bears large white plumes from June through to September. It forms a large clump with bamboo-like stems and deep green tapered leaves. Great in … Continue reading
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Foliage Perennials
Chiastophyllum oppositifolium ‘Jim’s Pride’ – This relative of the Sedum has the same thick green succulent-like foliage and is also generously edged in pale creamy-yellow. It is evergreen in coastal BC and bears pendulous bead-like yellow flowers on stems just … Continue reading
Elements of an Exotic Garden VIII
x Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’ – This small deciduous tree is an intergeneric cross of Chilopsis linearis (Desert Willow) and Southern Catalpa (C. bignonioides) and is rare in cultivation. It features showy pale pink blooms somewhat similar to Catalpa, with … Continue reading
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Maples with Coloured Foliage
Acer platanoides ‘Crimson King’ – This RHS Award of Garden Merit winner has long been a standard shade tree with its distinct crimson-purple foliage (leaves about 7″ wide), with the leaf colour persisting through summer. It was originally a seedling … Continue reading
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