Foliage Follow-Up April 2014

First it was the flowers and now it's the turn of the foliage as we join Pam Penick of Digging as she hosts the Foliage Follow-Up, a celebration of foliage plants that fascinates this month in the garden.

Here's a few of ours...

Like butterflies rising from the ground - Jeffersonia diphylla

Usually we grow plants mainly for their foliage and the flowers are just a bonus. This one I'd say 50/50, I equally like both foliage and its flowers - Scopolia carniolica

Four foliage in one photo - Kniphofia northiae, Trachycarpus princeps, Sedum spathulifolium 'Purpureum' and 'Cape Blanco'

Various ground ferns are currently busy unfurling fronds and sending out new growth. They look extra interesting at this stage.

This photo reminds me of a mob of meerkats...

Onoclea sensibilis, the sensitive fern sprouting wherever it wants, in between other plants, which we like!

Back in the day I used to collect Cordylines. Colder winters have changed that but I'm finding that spark again. This was one of our purchases last weekend and was simply labelled as Cordyline australis which is more than that. It reminded me of what I used to have called 'Eurostar'. More about this cordyline and my former collection in a future blog post.

And so glad this wasn't badly damaged by the fire last year...

Kalopanax septemlobus - we have several leaf forms in the garden and this one is what I unofficially call a 'Fatsia' leaf form

For more about our Kalopanax septemlobus collection with its different leaf forms check out my blog post about them - The Allure of The Kalopanax

For more beautiful foliage plants do check out Pam's blog!

Mark :-)