Blue and Gray Foliage33 Stories
Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Dasylirion Wheeleri
The gray-toothed leaves of common sotol add great spiky texture to drought-tolerant landscapes
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Violet Silverleaf Thrives on Scant Water
Purple flowers transform silvery, sun-loving Leucophyllum candidum, while its easy care may change your gardening routine
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Japanese Painted Fern Weaves a Garden Tapestry
Bring striking colors and texture to your woodland garden with Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Beavertail Prickly Pear Wows With Color
The dazzling magenta flowers of this cactus will snag your heart — just beware the bristles that can stick in your skin
Full StoryPlanting IdeasGreat Garden Combo: Silver Sparkles Amid Purple and Blue Foliage
Get the look of this modern foundation planting by focusing on a restrained color palette with tasteful accents
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plants: Stars of the Succulent Garden
Amazing colors, exuberant blooms, low maintenance ... is it any wonder Echeveria is so popular?
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Partridge Feather
Set your garden aloft with the silvery-white color of partridge feather's foliage even as this evergreen's tough nature keeps you grounded
Full StoryLandscape DesignGreat Design Plant: Old Fashioned Smoke Bush
Balance garden color with this shrub's cool blue-green foliage, luminous when backlit and sporting yellow-green flowers in spring
Full StoryLandscape DesignGreat Design Plant: Blue Fescue
Is there anywhere this grass doesn't look great? Bonus: It outlasts other grasses in color and doesn't hog water
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Dudleya, a Dramatic California Native
Set up this succulent in native conditions and see just how little care it needs to thrive in the landscape
Full StorySpring GardeningGreat Design Plant: Russian Sage
Silvery stems in winter and a haze of purple blooms in spring and summer make this spiky plant a year-round performer in the garden
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