Re: Any colorful shade plants that last all summer?

My goodness, Ginny, do you mean Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'?  Yes,
colourful leaves, white flowers with a tall cone in the centre.
Bitter orange smell when you rip it out.  And rip it out is what I
did. It was taking over in my dry garden.  I shudder to think what it
would have done in the moist conditions it prefers. I know someone
who grows it in a pot at the edge of a concrete pool.  Looks great,
and can't escape.


>Diane Whitehead will know the name of the thing I'm talking about.  It is a
>red/green/yellow foliage. Survives well in Ontario zone 4  and grows like a
>weed here in Victoria. Japanese something I think.  Will give good colour
>year round in your garden.
>Ginny in Victoria
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