Temperennials
Included in this category are sub-tropical and tropical plants. Because of their foliage texture and colour, when incorporated into garden beds or containers they add an exotic look and make for an interesting conversation piece. These plants are not cold hardy and are usually treated as annuals, and most can be overwintered indoors.
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Pale yellow, green tropical foliage, seasonal bloomer, inedible fruit, 12-15 ft tall x 10-12 ft wide, full sun to partial shade, evergreen.
Hot pink cup-shaped flowers with burgundy mottled, buttery yellow throats form on tall spikes with deep green foliage. Rapid growth rate.
Blooms late spring through mid-fall
2 ft tall x 1.5-2 ft wide
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Large black heart-shaped, corrugated leaves with deep blue veins on long dark black stalks grow in downward form. Infrequently forms flowers that resemble calla lilies, though it is grown more for foliage. Moderate growth rate.
Blooms – null – grown for foliage
3.5-4 ft tall x 3 ft wide
Small red tips adorn the tops of thick, wide, rigid dark purple-almost black- foliage. Later in the summer coral-red blooms are produced on slender, arching stalks Moderate growth rate.
Blooms late spring to mid-summer
5” tall x 6” wide
HARDY to 20°F (-6.7 °C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
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(ANNUAL) A small succulent plant with green onion-like foliage; each plant is unique – some have tall, loose curled leaves, others have short tightly curled leaves. Spikes of orchid-like chartreuse-yellow flowers bloom in spring. Clumping habit.
Grows in the winter
6-10″ tall – can grow 3 to 4 feet tall
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Fuchsia-tipped cup-shaped flowers with warm orange throats form on tall spikes with glossy deep green foliage. Rapid growth rate.
Blooms late spring through mid-fall
2.5-3 ft tall x 1-1.5 ft wide
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Raspberry-pink cup-shaped flowers with paler-hued throats form on tall spikes with glossy deep green foliage. Rapid growth rate.
Blooms late spring through mid-fall
1.5-2 ft tall x 1-1.5 ft wide
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
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Wide smoky purple leaves emerge from the top of the rosette with subdued burgundy dots, older leaves turning green, 0.5 – 1 ft tall x 1 – 1.5 ft wide, full sun
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Narrow silver green leaves that have a waxy coating and form a circular rosette, each leaf has a narrow orange margin, 0.5 – 1 ft tall x 1 – 1.5 ft wide, full sun
Huge palm-like leaves with red colouring, fast growth rate, blooms only at maturity, 8 ft tall x 4 ft wide, part shade to full sun
Long wavy silvery blue-green succulent leaves with dark spotting on both sides of the leaf, edged with a fine white margin, 0.5 ft tall x 1.5 – 2 ft wide, full sun
8″ long x 1″ wide silvery blue-green leaves with dark purple spots, low wide spiky habit, 0.5 – 1 ft tall x 1.5 ft wide, full sun
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Tall stalks of purple flowers that resemble pineapples and blooms with creamy yellow flowers grow among foliage of burgundy strap-like leaves. Fast growth rate.
Blooms mid to late summer
2 ft tall x 1.5-2 ft spread
Attracts butterflies
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Rosettes of mauve purple, silvery blue, and green foliage that start out spoon-shaped mature to show delicate pink ruffled edging, or “frills”, as the name suggests. Orange-pink flower on tall narrow, arching wands in summer Moderate growth rate.
Blooms late spring to mid-summer
0.5-1 ft tall x 0.5-1 ft wide
HARDY to 25°F (-4 °C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
(Mad About Mangave Series) (UNUSUAL-TROPICAL SUCCULENT) Leaves are a blue-green rosette that are thick and rigid with a reddish-purple tinge. Full sun will bring out a more intense colour. 14″ tall x 24″ spread. Full Sun.
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(SUCCULENT) Very large refined rosette comprised of a multitude of shades of deep red leaves deserves to be a focal for your container planting. 16-18″ tall x 24-26″ spread. Full Sun
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(UNUSUAL-TROPICAL SUCCULENT) Light green leaves covered in a waxy coating has a silvery-white look. Along with the unusual colour, it has an outstanding habit of arching leaves with defined marginal teeth. 8-10″ tall x 16-18″ spread. Full Sun.
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Substantial, broad blue-green heart-shaped leaves can grow to be 5 feet long and 4 feet wide. Infrequently forms flowers that resemble calla lilies, though it is grown more for it’s massive foliage. Rapid growth rate.
Blooms – null – grown for foliage
8-10 ft tall ex 8-10 ft wide
Rosettes of spoon-shaped, dusty, blue-gray leaves curve downwards along their length, while the tips curl up toward the centre of the plant. Later in the summer, star-shaped yellow and orange flowers spring up on arching stems. Moderate growth rate.
Blooms late spring to mid-summer
0.5-1 ft tall x 0.5-1 ft wide
HARDY to 25°F (-4 °C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant