Hardy Plants With Big Leaves

Its a great low-effort filler and background plant that can also be used for specimen or mass planting and even median strip or roadside planting. Although tolerant of drought and poor soil both flower and foliage production improves with moisture and feeding.

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Deep red foliage plant edged with pink.

Hardy plants with big leaves. Poor Mans Parasol left- Kell 7. Rhubarb - Rebecca101 5. Over 200 of the best hedges for your garden - native exotic evergreen flowering tall short for sun and shade frost and drought tolerant.

These herbaceous perennials act as great ground cover. The most dramatic of all Gunnera manicata a native of Brazil is hardy in temperate regions especially if it is covered with the cut off leaves in winter. The leaves are like huge umbrellas.

In my garden its flat floating discs are full 2 feet in diameter just slightly angled on short stubby stems. They perform best in a position in full sun or part-shade in any well-drained soil. The largest of all herbaceous plants and therefore the first on the list.

While all selections of this species are gardenworthy the largest cultivar Arctic Summer is one of my favorites. Water regularly during dry periods. There are a number of herbaceous perennials with big bold foliage.

Many thrive in the damp shady parts of the garden shunned by other species. Agapanthus species are hardy plants and are easily grown. Right now the prize for the largest leaves goes to Astilboides tabularis a plant that hails from Korea and Northern China.

Mulleins Verbascum bombyciferum and cvs USDA Hardiness Zones 59 are one of the few big-leaved perennials that offer felty gray leaves reaching 14 inches long. Very popular with landscapers as it tolerates full sun and has an elegant arching shape. Giant rhubarb Gunnera manicata.

Rice-Paper Plant - Windy. Umbrella Plant - Growin 8. Gunnera manicata - Calif_Sue 4.

Bigleaf Magnolia - Sladeofsky Courtesy of Larry Allain 6. Like Bananas and Gingers these plants are essential in my book and here we have lumped together any plant we can find that has exciting large foliage. Large leaf hardy perennials.

Our tubestock hedge plants are cheap to buy easy to plant. Heucheras This small evergreen plant has sculptural foliage in shades of red purple orange and bright green. Cordyline fruticosa John Klass Red.

Sweet Coltsfoot Bloom - Henryr10 3. You can also find varieties with lime green leaves that turn deep rich red and orange in autumn. Most are easy to grow and worth a try bringing.

Some also have flowers but all are lush and exotic in appearance. It has glossy strappy leaves and it flowers with fragrant yellow flowers in spring. Lomandra longifolia also known as basket grass or spiny-headed mat-rush is hardy and lives a long time.

Suitable for rockeries borders and planting in pots these hardy plants grow best in full sun or partial shade. Petasites japonicus - GardenGuyKin 2. Richly-coloured wine-red foliage ideal for front of border or c.

Named for its feathery summer flowers smoke tree Cotinus coggygria is prized for its large gorgeous blue-green or purple foliage that turns red orange or yellow in the fall. This small tree can easily be pruned into a shorter shrub form. 2 metres 6ft or more tall with an individual spread of 1metre 3ft or more.

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