12 May
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Foliage, unlike flowers, provides interest and drama three, if not four seasons of the year. Some standouts: Coral Bells ‘Caramel’, ‘Citronella’, ‘Obsidian’, ‘Southern Comfort’, ‘Cherry Cola’, ‘Dolce Cinnamon Curls’; ornamental grasses; Ligularia ‘Britt Marie Crawford’ and others in this family; Lamium ‘Pink Chablis’, ‘Beecham’s White’, ‘Anne Greenway’; Hosta; Heliopsis ‘Sunburst’ and ‘Tuscan Sun’; variegated Phlox ‘Becky Towe’, ‘Norah Leigh’ ‘Shockwave’; Heucherella; blue leaved dianthus ‘Frosty Fire’, ‘Firewitch’; silver leaved plants Artemisia ‘Silver Mound’, Achillea ‘Moonshine’, Snow-in-Summer, and Brunnera ‘Looking Glass’; Foam Flowers ‘Mint Chocolate’, ‘Black Snowflake’ and many others.
by Kerry Ann Mendez, Perennially Yours