Wednesday, September 21, 2016

How to Avoid Foliage Monotony (14 photos)

Here are a handful of gardens that display contrast, each highlighting a design plan for breaking up foliage monotony.

Bold Forms With Fine Textures

It works every time. Choose plants with bold, broad leaves — paperplant (Fatsia japonica), agaves, cardoons or phormiums — and pair them with light, wispy plants — sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), muhly grass (Muhlenbergia spp.) and ferns. The greater the contrast, the more the dramatic the display.

Here, bold octopus agave (Agave vilmoriniana) and fine-leaved ground covers create an eye-catching, drought-tolerant garden.


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