Though I've been posting flower pix like mad, I am really a foliage gal. By the time summer arrives I'm ready to be done with flowers and to sit back and enjoy a mostly green garden which is why I rarely miss a chance to link to Pam Penick's Foliage Follow-up meme. This is the time of year that so much foliage looks its best, before slugs and critters attack. Along with my favorite foliage I'm posting a few images of the fronds and buds that are equally lovely as any flowers. It's all fresh and fabulous.
Paeonia 'Burnished Bronze'
Picea abies 'Pusch' with cones that started out magenta
Paeonia obvata var. alba with its jester-cap seedpod
Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Rocket'
Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas fern)
Yews with Epimedium rubrum, the buds of a Lilium martagon 'Russian Morning' and Tiarella 'Sweet Tea'
Dicentra spectabilis 'Gold Heart', Heuchera villosa 'Caramel' and a mound of Calamintha nepeta var. nepeta
Acer palmatum atropurpureum, Taxus media 'Tauntonii', Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' and Astilbe arendsii 'Garnet'
Adiantum pedatum (Maidenhair fern)
A new combo this year: Lilium martagon 'Mrs. R.O. Backhouse' echoing the layers of Cornus 'Golden Shadows'
Syneilesis palmata 'Kikko'
Sanguinaria canadensis has seeded into a bed of Isopyrum biternatum (False rue anemone) which you can see trying to peek out.
Kirengeshoma palmata, koreana group
All of this foliage is yummy. I love all the hues in the garden. You have them blended good.
Posted by: Lisa at Greenbow | Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 06:20 AM
Wow, yes...you do appreciate your foliage. Beautiful images, everyone. So is the veining on Syneilesis palmata 'Kikko' more prominent at a certain point in it's life (eg. early spring, fall, etc)?
Posted by: Loree / danger garden | Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Loree — I just moved Kikko last year into more sun to see if I would get more prominent veining. The picture on Plant Delights was pretty splashy but mine have been fairly subtle. I would think it is at its best at the moment since that kind of patterning tends to fade over the summer. I had it hidden in a dark corner where it did not do much so I am hoping for the patterning to increase as it ages and gets more light.
Posted by: Linda from Each Little World | Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 11:06 AM
I love the Maidenhair fern. It looks too delicate for the rigours of the garden!
Posted by: rusty duck | Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 02:49 PM
Delicious foliage at a perfect moment in time! So green, so pristine. Sigh.
Posted by: Peter/Outlaw | Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at 06:24 PM
Jessica — That's what I love about Maidenhair ferns: they are so much tougher than they look. I am fortunate that they seem to do well in my garden.
Posted by: Linda from Each Little World | Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 09:22 AM
For a brief second, I envied your climate and the ability to grow a Picea with such beauty, but only briefly.
Posted by: Les | Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 06:20 PM
Les — I have to say that the evergreens with their new growth and new cones always are stunning. But most of the time I look at them is in the winter, so you are right to not be jealous!
Posted by: Linda from Each Little World | Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 08:33 PM