I am including some really great foliage plants in the new area of the garden. Some will also have flowers or berries to add extra interest. The flowering interest will come from Penstemons, Phygelius and Salvias, the foliage plants adding structure and drama.
Lagerstroemia ‘Berry Dazzle’, it is a small growing variety with dark foliage. It is supposed to be an early flowering selection, but they usually require lots of heat to flower. I am trying out a number of varieties, the ones I have planted all have interesting foliage, so if they don’t flower , I will have good foliage.
Callicarpa ‘Pearl Glam’ is a dark foliage variety of beauty berry, smaller and more compact than other varieties too. Purple berries will be produced that will remain after the foliage has fallen in autumn.
Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ at the back of the area will be a small deciduous tree. If it flowers it will have superb pink blossom along the bare branches in Spring before the leaves emerge.
Canna ‘Black Cleopatra’s will add a touch of exotic looking drama and has orange and red flowers.
Berberis thunbergii ‘Orange Ice’ is a dwarf deciduous shrub with bright and shortly orangey red foliage with paper margins on each leaf.
Some of the flowering plants in the new area.
Ciaran The Gardener 