Foliage Plants

Plant Overview Botanical name: Cussonia spicata ‘Cussonic’Common name: African cabbage tree; cabbage treePlant type: Woody shrub or treeKingdom: PlantaeClade: Angiosperms (flowering plants)Clade: EudicotsOrder: ApialesFamily: AraliaceaeGenus:...

Plant Overview Botanical name: Solanum chrysotrichum Schltdl. Common name: Giant devil's fig (used in some regions) Plant type: Flowering shrub or woody perennial Kingdom: Plantae...

Plant Overview Botanical name: Smallanthus maculatus (Cav.) H.Rob.Synonym: Polymnia maculata Cav.Common name: No consistently established English common name verifiedPlant type: Flowering herbaceous perennial plant; cultivated...

No exotic garden would be complete nowadays if it didn’t contain an Ensete Maurelii. The massive paddle leaves of glossy luminous green and purple...

Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ is quite a tough plant. It’s fully hardy and does best in shade or dappled shade. The soil should ideally be fairly...

Colocasia ‘Blue Hawaii’ is a striking cultivar of the taro plant, renowned for its stunning blue-green leaves with dark veins and a purple underside....

Farfugium japonicum, commonly called Leopard Plant, is a slow-growing, evergreen perennial valued for its bold, glossy, rounded leaves and bright yellow daisy-like flowers in autumn. Ideal for shady borders, woodland gardens, and...

Actaea simplex ‘Pink Spike’, commonly known as Pink Spike bugbane or Pink Spike cohosh, is a beautiful perennial plant that produces tall spikes of...

Paulownia tomentosa is commonly known as the Empress Tree or Princess Tree, while the Foxglove Tree is a different species known as Paulownia tomentosa...

Petasites japonicus, commonly known as Japanese butterbur or giant butterbur, is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Japan and other parts of...