7. Ferns, grasses, hostas and other foliage plants (windy rural)
Many plants are grown for their interesting foliage rather than for their flowers. For example, plants with variegated foliage or those with 'architectural' shapes such as ferns or large leaved plants such as hostas. Green hues add a calming influence over busy colours.
Plants (617)
Artemisia frigida
Prairie sagewort, Fringed sagebrush
Artemisia lactiflora
White mugwort
Artemisia lactiflora Guizho Group
White mugwort
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen'
White sage, Cudweed, Western mugwort, Louisiana artemisia
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Valerie Finnis'
White sage, Cudweed, Western mugwort, Louisiana artemisia
Artemisia pontica
Roman wormwood, Small absinth, Old warrior
Artemisia schmidtiana
Angel's hair, Wormwood, Silvermound mugwort, Satiny wormwood
Artemisia stelleriana 'Boughton Silver'
Dusty miller, Beach wormwood, Old woman, Old miller
Artemisia vulgaris Oriental Limelight = 'Janlim'
St John's herb, Common wormwood
Calamagrostis x acutiflora
Feather reed grass
Carex 'Amazon Mist'
Leatherleaf sedge
Carex 'Ice Dance'
Morrow's ice dancer
Carex 'Ribbon Falls'
Sedge
Carex 'Silver Sceptre'
Silver sedge
Carex arenaria
Sand sedge, Sedge
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster'
Leatherleaf sedge grass, Fox red sedge
Carex comans 'Taranaki'
Hair sedge
Carex comans - bronze-leaved
New Zealand hairy sedge, Hair sedge, Green wig
Carex conica 'Snowline'
Hime-Kan-Suge, Miniature sedge, Evergreen miniature sedge
Carex dipsacea
Teasel like sedge
Carex dipsacea 'Dark Horse'
Teasel-like sedge
Carex dolichostachya 'Kaga-nishiki'
Miyama kan suge
Carex flagellifera
Weeping brown New Zealand sedge
Carex grayi
Mace Gray's sedge, Morning star sedge
Carex montana
Mountain sedge
Carex morrowii 'Everglow'
Japanese Morrow's sedge, Kan suge
Carex morrowii 'Variegata'
Variegated Japanese sedge, Variegated Morrow's sedge
Carex muskingumensis
Palm leaf sedge, Palm sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'
Palm branch sedge
Carex muskingumensis 'Silberstreif'
Palm branch sedge
Carex oshimensis 'Everlime'
Japanese sedge grass, Ohima kan suge
Carex oshimensis 'Everoro'
Japanese sedge grass, Oshima kan suge
Carex pendula
Weeping sedge, Great drooping sedge, Pendulous sedge
Carex pendula 'Moonraker'
Variegated weeping sedge
Carex plantaginea
Plantain leaf sedge, Broad leafed sedge, Evergreen broadleaf sedge
Carex riparia 'Variegata'
Variegated greater pond sedge, Greater Pond sedge
Carex secta
Divided sedge
Carex siderosticha 'Variegata'
Deciduous broad leaved sedge, Creeping broadleaf sedge, Tagane so
Carex tenuiculmis
Slender culmed sedge
Carex testacea Limeshine = 'Wilshine'
Orange New Zealand sedge
Carex trifida 'Chatham Blue'
Blue three cleft sedge
Caryopteris clandonensis Stephi = 'Lissteph'
Blue beard
Caryopteris incana
Common bluebeard
Caryopteris incana 'Jason'
Common bluebeard
Caryopteris Sapphire Dream = 'Lissmiv'
Bluebeard, Blue mist shrub, Blue spiraea
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Thetis'
Bluebeard, Blue mist shrub, Blue spiraea, Clandon spiraea
Caryopteris x clandonensis Pink Perfection = 'Lisspin'
Bluebeard, Blue mist shrub, Blue spiraea, Clandon spiraea
Chionochloa conspicua
Glory of the snow, Tussock grass, Plumed tussock grass, Hunangamoho grass