Plants with Colorful Foliage

Use these trees and shrubs in the landscape to add year-round color and interest.

Plants with Gold or Creamy Yellow Foliage

 

Ornamental Grass

Calamagrostis ‘Overdam’, Reed Grass
Carex ‘Banana Boat’, Sedge Grass
Carex ‘Ice Ballet’, Sedge Grass
Hakonechloa ‘All Gold’, Hakone Grass/Japanese Forest Grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus‘, Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Dixieland‘, Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’, Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gold Bar‘, Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Zebrinus’, Maiden Grass

Perennials

Aegopodium ‘Variegata’, Snow on the Mountain
Hosta ‘Antioch
Hosta ‘Albo-Marginata
Hosta ‘Aureo-Marginata’
Hosta ‘Curly Fries’
Hosta ‘Francee’
Hosta ‘Gold Standard’
Hosta ‘Golden Tiara’
Hosta ‘Liberty’
Hosta, ‘Frances Williams’
Hosta ‘Sum & Substance
Hosta ‘Medio Variegata’
Hosta ‘Wide Brim’

Trees & Shrubs

Berberis thunbergii ‘Aurea‘, Japanese Golden Barberry
Berberis ‘Bonanza Gold‘, Bonanza Gold Barberry
Chamaecyparis ‘Nana Lutea’, Dwarf Yellow Hinoki False Cypress
Chamaecyparis pisifera, Gold Mop False Cypress
Gleditsia ‘Sunburst’, Sunburst Locust
Juniperus ‘Billow Beach’, Billow Beach Juniper
Juniperus ‘Gregs Gold’, Greg’s Gold Juniper
Juniperus ‘Saybrook Gold’, Saybrook Gold Juniper
Juniperus ‘Mother Lode’, Mother Lode Juniper
Spiraea ‘Gold Flame’, Gold Flame Spirea
Spiraea ‘Gold Mound‘, Gold Mound Spirea
Thuja ‘Annas Magic Ball’, Magic Ball Dwarf Arborvitae
Thuja ‘Rheingold’, Rheingold Dwarf Arborvitae
Weigela ‘Variegata’, Variegated Weigela
Yucca ‘Bright Edge’, Bright Edge Yucca
Yucca ‘Color Guard’, Bright Edge Yucca
Yucca ‘Golden Sword’, Golden Sword Yucca

Plants with Red or Purple Foliage

 

Trees

Acer palmatum ‘Bloodgood’, Bloodgood Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum ‘Emperor I’, Emperor I Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum dissectum ‘Crimson Queen’, Crimson Queen Laceleaf Maple
Acer platanoides ‘Crimson King’, Crimson King Norway Maple
Acer platanoides ‘Royal Red’, Royal Red Norway Maple
Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Purpurea‘, Weeping Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Riversii’, Riversii European Beech, Purple Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Tricolor’, Tricolor European Beech
Malus ‘Royalty’, Royalty Flowering Crabapple
Prunus cerasifera ‘Newport’, Newport Flowering Plum
Prunus x cistena, Sand Cherry

Shrubs

Berberis thunbergii ‘Rosy Glow’, Rosy Glow Barberry
Berberis thun. ‘Concorde’
, Concorde Barberry
Cotinus ‘Velvet Cloak‘, Velvet Cloak Smoke Bush
Prunus x cistena, Sand Cherry
Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’, Mountain Fire Pieris (new growth)

Perennials & Ornamental Grasses

Astilbe x andresii ‘Fanal’, Feather Flower/Spirea
Astilbe pumila, Feather Flower/Spirea
Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Sprite’, Feather Flower/Spirea
Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple‘, Coral Bells
Imperata cylindrica ‘Red Baron’, Japanese Blood Grass
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Purpurascens’, Maiden Grass
Sedum purium ‘Dragon’s Blood’, Stonecrop
Sedum ‘Matrona’, Stonecrop
Sedum ‘Red Carpet’, Stonecrop
Sedum ‘Vera Jameson’, Stonecrop