Re: Foliage, purple or otherwise
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Foliage, purple or otherwise
- From: M* R* W*
- Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:08:56 -0600
One thing I like about putting roses in a perennial border is that if
you're careful, or lucky, you can have yummy reddish purple or bronzy
foliage when the new growth starts in the the spring. When I choose a
rose, if there are several whose flowers will give the effect I want,
then I pick the one with colored new foliage. (Easy to do in a garden
center with potted roses, harder with most catalogues.) Two of my
favorites for this are English rose "Brother Cadfael" and hybrid tea
"Bing Crosby". I haven't tried rosa glauca, but I hear it holds the
purple foliage for a long time.
Mary
zone 6
>> I highly
>recommend
>thinking about foliage effects along with the flowers. Colorful
>foliage
>and textural contracts (ferny leaves, big leaves, smooth leaves,
>rough
>leaves, spiky leaves, mounded leaves, etc.) along with touches of
>lime,
>variegated, purple, & grey foliage (not to overdo it) amongst the
>greens
>will go along way toward maintaining the impression that "something
>is
>happening!" even between the waves of flowering. Since this is my
>favorite topic and greatest interest if I have to choose one among
>all
>the gardening fun, I'll stop before I get carried away. I'd welcome
>suggestions from any of you who share these interests in great
>foliage.
>
>
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