Re: yellow foliage Re: space deserving plants
- Subject: Re: yellow foliage Re: space deserving plants
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 22:15:30 -0500
>> I don't like yellow foliage with exception of the sweet potato
with the
>> lime leaf. Any palette works together if you like it. I like
cramming
>> plants too close, I always think it will be too closely planted
but I do it
>> anyway. You can whack away too much foliage and cut down others.
It is
> > always what pleases you when you choose.
Once upon a time, I did not think I liked yellow foliage, either,
yellow not being my favorite color in anything. Always wanted
silvers. Then, one day, I woke up to the fact that yellow foliage in
the shade is really neat, like a shaft of sun in the dark,
especially when juxtaposed with purple foliage; the yellow makes the
purple come alive. I used to try purple with silver and it never
really worked and still can't figure out why because it ought to -
probably have not hit the right combo of same. Then, realized just
how super the yellow flowers on purple foliage of Euphorbia
amygdaloides 'Purpurea' were and started combining other purple
foliage with yellow foliage...and Lo and Behold, it works a treat.
I do prefer the more lime yellows to the gold yellows, tho'. Do not
like the gold of 'Stella d'Oro' one tiny bit; just too brassy or
something, for instance.
While doing research for my current article on Aroids, I discovered
Xanthosoma mafaffa aurea 'Lime Zinger' or 'Green Giant' or 'Lime
Green' or simply 'Aurea' or aurea (depending on which resource you
look at) which looks to me like Ipomoea batatas Margarita on
steroids...check it out if you like 'Margarita'...
http://www.touchofthetropics.com/images/aroids/xanthosoma_maffafa_aure
a_082701.jpg
This plant is high on my 'must have' list for next summer. I can
just see it with Canna 'Wyoming' and I. b. 'Blackie' around its
feet....
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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