While color and configuration were important factor in choose the plant , a mix of bold face and finetexturesmakes the back of the design . Here are some of the most spectacularly textured plants in this garden . See how some of these plants can be used in a garden inA Stunning Modern Landscape Design for a Contemporary Home .
‘Moonshine’ lungwort
Name : Pulmonaria’Moonshine ’
Zones:4–9
Size:12 to 15 inches magniloquent and 15 to 20 inches wide
Conditions : Partial to full shade ; moist , well - enfeeble soil
aboriginal range : cross
A nicety - loving , deciduous perennial , ‘ Moonshine ’ lungwort forms a mound of large-minded , rounded leaves with ashen edges and a stunning grain .
‘Storm Cloud’ agapanthus
Name : Agapanthus‘Storm Cloud ’
Zones:7–10
Size:3 to 5 feet improbable in flush ; 2 to 3 feet wide
Conditions : Full sun to fond shade ; well - drained soil
This spectacular South African recurrent peak in summer . It has large , sheer , straplike foliage and deep regal flower clusters on magniloquent stems .
Orange New Zealand sedge
Name : Carextestacea
Zones:6–10
Size:1½ to 2 base grandiloquent and wide
condition : Full Lord’s Day to partial shade ; moist , well - drained soil
aboriginal mountain chain : New Zealand
Finely textured , bronze - green leaves age to an electric orange in the cool time of year . This arching , mounding evergreen grass is ideal for massing and spilling over rocks .
‘Lemon-Lime’ heavenly bamboo
Name : Nandinadomestica * ‘ Lemon - Lime ’
Zones:6–9
Size:3 to 4 foot tall and wide
Native ambit : Japan , China , India
A fluffy evergreen plant shrub with yellowish green emerging leaf that fades to a nice green , this industrial plant has reduce - leafed offset that form a flossy , Citrus aurantifolia - colored mound .
‘Hidcote’ English lavender
Name : Lavandulaangustifolia‘Hidcote ’
Zones:5–8
Size:1 to 1½ fundament marvelous and wide
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Conditions : Full Sunday ; ironical to average , well - drained soil
Native range : Southern Europe
This fragrant evergreen suffrutex is a star for its deeply purple flush , go scent , and OK - textured foliage .
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‘Rainbow Sunrise’ New Zealand flax
Name : Phormiumtenax‘Rainbow Sunrise ’ syn . ‘ Maori Sunrise ’
Zones:7b–11
Size:2 to 4 foot tall and wide
Conditions : Full sun to fond ghost ; moist , well - drained soil
An upright and dramatic evergreen perennial , this plant has bold , curved leaves and an exposed drug abuse .
*Invasive Alert:
Heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica)
This plant is considered invasive in AL , FL , GA , MD , MO , and SC .
Please visitinvasiveplantatlas.orgfor more data .
Robin Parsons is a member of APLD and the owner and operator of Spring Greenworks , LLC , a landscape excogitation company free-base in Seattle .
Photos , except where noted : doreenwynja.com
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