Plants with attractive variegated foliage; plants with leaves that are coloured in shades of red, yellow, orange and black. These generally excite our interest. We tend to love all those colours that shout at you, colours so bright and tangy you can almost taste them! With all this eye-candy vying for our attention that colour[…]
Think green for background
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Garden design, Gardening for beginners, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Shrubs Apr 09, 2018
Spring foliage interest
By Mark - Garden for Pleasure Garden design, General Gardening, Guest post, Ornamental gardening, Spring Feb 14, 2017
Many plants have distinctive spring foliage, often appearing for a short period before the leaves mature and settle to their generally quieter summer shades. In some cases there is the bonus of a beautiful autumn display before leaf fall, so a single plant may have three distinct foliage colours. The most dramatic large-scale spring[…]