Plant Information Sheet - #09Perennials with Exceptional Foliage Qualities Achillea 'Anthea' USPP 8828, 'Moonshine' & 'Schwellenburg' (Yarrow) - fine-textured silver foliageAcorus (Sweet Flag) - green or variegated linear foliage Actaea (Baneberry) - handsome finely dissected foliage Ajuga (Bugleweed) - various colors Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle) - green hairy leaves Allium senescens 'Glaucum' (Ornamental Onion) - twisted gray-green foliage Allium tanguticum 'Summer Beauty' (Ornamental Onion) - shiny, stiff green foliage Amsonia (Blue Star) - willow-like green foliage Angelica gigas (Angelica) - bold, architectural, green foliage Armeria maritima (Sea Pink) - grass-like green foliage Arrhenatherum elatius 'Variegatum' (Variegated Bulbous Oat Grass) - variegated foliage Artemisia (Wormwood) - silver foliage of various textures Aruncus dioicus (Sylvan Goatsbeard) - handsome foliage reminiscent of False Spireas Aruncus aethusifolius (Dwarf Goatsbeard) - fine-textured green foliage Asarum europaeum (European Ginger) - glossy evergreen foliage Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis', 'Lady in Black' and 'Prince' (Calico Aster) - purplish foliage Astilbe (False Spirea) - fine-textured green foliage Athyrium 'Branford Beauty' and 'Branford Rambler' (Hybrid Fern) - mottled gray-green fronds exhibiting reddish tones Athyrium 'Ghost' (Hybrid Fern) - silvery white fronds Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' (Japanese Painted Fern) - mottled gray-green fronds Bergenia (Bergenia) - bold evergreen foliage Brunnera macrophylla (False Forget-Me-Not) - dark green heart-shaped leaves Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' USPPAF, 'Langtrees', 'Hadspen Cream' and 'Variegata' (Variegated False Forget-Me-Not) - variegated foliage Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Overdam' (Variegated Feather Reed Grass) - variegated linear foliage Carex (Sedge) - linear foliage of various colors Chelone (Turtlehead) - dark green, distinctly veined leaves Cimicifuga ramosa 'Atropurpurea', 'Brunette' and 'Hillside Black Beauty' USPP 9988 (Bugbane) - purplish foliage Clematis recta 'Purpurea' (Ground Clematis) - purplish foliage Corydalis (Fumewort) - finely divided fern-like foliage Darmera peltata (Umbrella Plant) - bold green foliage Dianthus (Pinks) - a number of types have glaucous blue foliage Epimedium (Barrenwort) - attractive, glossy green leaves Eryngium (Sea Holly) - architectural green foliage Eupatorium fistulosum and E. maculatum (Joe-pye Weed) - dark green rugose leaves Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate' (White Snakeroot) - chocolate-brown foliage Euphorbia dulcis 'Chameleon' (Purple Spurge) - foliage emerges gray-purple and matures to deep purple Euphorbia polychroma (Cushion Spurge) - neat mound of green foliage Ferns - fine-textured foliage in various shades of green Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue' (Sheep Fescue) - grassy blue foliage Filipendula ulmaria 'Aurea' (Golden Queen-of-the-Meadow) - golden foliage Filipendula ulmaria 'Variegata' (Variegated Queen-of-the-Meadow) - variegated foliage Filipendula vulgaris 'Plena' (Double Dropwort) - fine-textured green foliage Galium odoratum (Sweet Woodruff) - fine-textured green foliage Geranium (Cranesbill) - palmate-shaped green leaves Gillenia trifoliata (Bowman's Root) - narrow, prominently veined, dark green foliage Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' (Variegated Japanese Forest Grass) - variegated foliage Helianthus salicifolius (Willow Leaf Sunflower) - narrow, green, willow-like leaves Helictotrichon sempervirens (Blue Oat Grass) - blue foliage Helleborus (Hellebore) - leathery green foliage Heuchera (Coral Bells) - handsome foliage of various colors Hibiscus 'Kopper King' USPP 10793 (Rose Mallow) - copper-red leaves with orange-red undersides Hosta (Hosta) - bold foliage of various colors Iberis (Edging Candytuft) - glossy evergreen foliage Iris pallida 'Argentea Variegata' (Sweet Iris) - linear foliage striped white Iris pallida 'Variegata' (Sweet Iris) - linear foliage striped creamy yellow Iris pseudacorus 'Variegata' (Variegated Yellow Flag) - yellow variegated foliage in spring Iris (Siberian hybrids) - linear green foliage Kirengeshoma palmata (Yellow Waxbells) - green maple-like foliage Lamiastrum galeobdolon 'Herman's Pride' (Yellow Archangel) - variegated foliage Lamium (Spotted Dead Nettle) - silver variegated or golden foliage Leymus arenarius 'Blue Dune' and 'Glaucus' (Blue Lyme Grass) - metallic blue foliage Ligularia (Golden Ray) - bold green or purplish foliage Lilium (Martagon Lilies) - whorled green leaves Luzula nivea (Snowy Woodrush) - linear green foliage Lychnis coronaria (Rose Campion) - silver foliage Lysimachia ciliata 'Purpurea' (Fringed Loosestrife) - chocolate purple foliage Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' (Golden Moneywort) - golden foliage Lysimachia punctata 'Alexander' USPP 10598 (Variegated Yellow Loosestrife) - variegated foliage Macleaya (Plume Poppy) - grayish green lobed leaves Miscanthus (Maiden Grass) - linear foliage of various colors Molinia caerulea 'Variegata' (Variegated Moor Grass) - variegated foliage Nepeta (Catmint) - silver-gray foliage Oenothera fruticosa 'Sonnenwende' (Common Sundrops) - dark red foliage early in the season Pachysandra procumbens (Alleghany Spurge) - silvery mottled leaves Paeonia (Peony) - handsome green leaves Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine', 'Dallas Blues' USPP 11202, 'Heavy Metal' and 'Prairie Sky' (Switch Grass) - blue foliage Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah' (Switch Grass) - reddish purple foliage Patrinia scabiosifolia (Golden Lace) - bold, divided, green leaves Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' (Foxglove Beard-tongue) - reddish purple foliage Perovskia (Russian Sage) - fine-textured, silver-gray foliage Phalaris arundinacea 'Feesey' (Variegated Ribbon Grass) - variegated foliage Phlox divaricata 'Chattahoochee' (Woodland Phlox) - shiny, dark green foliage Phlox 'Becky Towe' USPPAF, 'Creme de Menthe', 'Darwin's Joyce' and 'Norah Leigh' (Summer Phlox - Paniculata Group) - variegated foliage Phlox glaberrima (Smooth Phlox) - shiny, deep green foliage Phlox x procumbens 'Variegata' (Trailing Phlox) - variegated foliage Phlox stolonifera (Creeping Phlox) - glossy evergreen foliage Physostegia virginiana 'Variegata' (Variegated False Dragonhead) - variegated foliage Platycodon grandiflorus (Balloon Flower) - attractive gray-green leaves Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) - fine-textured green foliage Polemonium caeruleum 'Brise d'Anjou' USPP 9781 (Variegated Jacob's Ladder) - variegated foliage Polygonatum falcatum 'Variegatum' (Variegated Solomon's Seal) - variegated foliage Polygonatum humile (Dwarf Solomon's Seal) - small, oval-shaped, green leaves Pulmonaria (Lungwort) - mottled to silver foliage Rheum palmatum (Chinese Rhubarb) - bold green to purple-red foliage Rodgersia (Roger's-flower) - bold green foliage Rudbeckia maxima (Great Coneflower) - bold, bluish gray foliage Sanguisorba (Burnet) - fine-textured green foliage Sedum cauticola 'Lidakense' (Stonecrop) - small, rounded leaves tinged purple Sedum 'Frosty Morn' (Stonecrop) - variegated foliage Sedum 'Matrona' (Stonecrop) - gray-green foliage shaded maroon Sedum 'Arthur Branch' and 'Mohrchen' (Stonecrop) - burgundy foliage Sedum sieboldii 'Mediovariegatum' (October Daphne) - variegated foliage Sedum 'Vera Jameson' (Stonecrop) - glaucous purple foliage Smilacina (False Solomon's Seal) - satiny green leaves Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue' (Indian Grass) - bright blue-gray foliage Spartina pectinata 'Aureomarginata' (Variegated Prairie Cord Grass) - variegated foliage Sporobolus heterolepis (Prairie Dropseed) - narrow, fine-textured foliage Stachys byzantina (Lamb's Ear) - silver foliage Stylophorum (Celandine Poppy) - handsome, green, lobed leaves Tanacetum corymbosum (Caucasian Daisy) - fine-textured green foliage Thalictrum (Meadow Rue) - fine-textured, blue-green foliage Tiarella (Foamflower) - deep green leaves of various shapes Verbascum (Mullein) - soft hairy foliage Veronica spicata ssp. incana (Spike Speedwell) - silver foliage Veronica 'Waterperry' (Speedwell) - shiny green leaves with bronze tones Veronicastrum (Culver's Root) - architectural green foliage Viola labradorica (Labrador Violet) - small, heart-shaped leaves with purplish tones Yucca (Adam's-Needle) - 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