Plants that have silver foliage or silver leaves are valued in the garden for the variation in light and texture that they can add to the garden border and are readily for sale available from local and online nursery suppliers. The well know 'Dusty Miller' is widely used in cottage gardens, however with so many plants that have great silvery foliage that are suitable for garden use we provide a brief guide to silver foliage plants for the garden and border.
Silver Foliage plants vary greatly from trees to groundcovers and from perennials from cooler climates to succulents from warmer areas. One thing that all have in common is the ability of the foliage to add an extra dimension to and garden border, or cottage garden.
Some work well as ground covers, other are suitable for growing in pots or containers. We provide a list of plants with great silver foliage or leaves, some common and others a 'little ' harder to find'.
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- Arcotis - 'Silver Pink', 'Blood Red' and others.
- Actinotis helianthi - Flannel Flower
- Adenanthus serricea 'Silver Streak'
- Astelia banksii
- Astelia chathamica
- Artemisia pycnocephela
- Artemisa 'Powis Castle' -Wormwood
- Bubbleja crispa
- Cerastium tomentosum - Snow in summer
- Conostylis candicans -Grey cottonheads
- Convolvus cneorm
- Dudleya pulverulenta - Chalk Dudleya
- Eucalyptus macrocarpa
- Eucalyptus kruseana
- Helichrysum italicum - Curry Plant
- Helichrysum petiolare
- Kalanchoe rhombopilosa
- Lavendula angustifolia - English Lavender
- Leucophyta brownii - Cushion Bush
- Plectranthus argentatus - Silver Plectranthus
- Santolina rosmarinifolia - Cotton Lavender
- Santolina chamaecyparis
- Senico cineraria - Dusty Miller
- Stachys byzantina - Lambs Ears
- Senico serpens - Blue Chalk Sticks
- Salvia officianalis - Sage
Santolina chamaecyparis
And of course we have those interesting forms of plants that are usually green, such as the Silver Leaf form or Arisaema Consanguinium pictured below
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