Today is Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day, when Christina at My Hesperides Garden asks us to share views of foliage in our gardens.
Her suggestion is a particularly good one at this time of year as my flowering plants are slowing down. The foliage, however, remains to bring color and texture to the garden.
You can run your mouse over the photographs for plant identification.
Cryptomeria japonica ‘Yoshino’
Ipomea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Bewitched’ potato vine
Thuja ‘Green Giant’
Buxus sempervirens English boxwood
Ligustrum sinense ‘Sunshine’
Pittisporum tobira ‘Mojo’
Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’
Loropetalum chinense ‘Rubra’
Carex trifida ‘Rekohu Sunrise’
Ternstroemia gymnanthera Cleyera japonica
Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’
Please visit Christina at My Hesperides Garden to see her offering of foliage and that of others participating in this meme.
A Walk in the Garden 
Mostly evergreens too and not autumn colour as I sort of expected. I like the Pittosporum, I’ve not seen the variegated form here. Thanks for joining GBFD with a lovely collection of plants.
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Thank you, Christina. We are seeing a lot of fall color in our area, but it still has a long way to go before it’s really “fall.” My woods are still largely green.
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Very nice – I love the way you presented these photos in this blog entry.
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Thank you, Elizabeth. I have been trying different ways of including photos in my posts; I may do a blog with the same photos presented in different formats and ask readers to give me their reactions. I know other gardeners like to see pictures of each others gardens, but sometimes I feel like I have included too many photos, attention spans being so variable.
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I enjoy reading many blogs, and I like the ones that include many photos. I think it brings a good level of interest. Of course, the format will vary depending on the purpose of the post. Your bloomsday/foliage day posts deserve many – in my opinion!
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Lot’s of lovely foliage in your garden, this time of year makes me realise how important it is when the flowers are few and far between. I like your Loropetalum very much and don’t think I’ve seen it for sale here.
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Thank you, Pauline. Loropetalum is a marvelous plant, but be aware that ‘Rubra’ can get quite large.
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Love that cryptomeria, and the ipomea has gorgeous colour and leaf shape.
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Thanks, Janet. Sadly, the ipomea is an annual here, but you can bet a new one will go in next spring.
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Lots of beautiful texture and color. Love the deep rich color of the sweet potato vine.
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Thank you, Eliza. I am going to try more potato vines next year in our pots.
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I like that Loropetalum very much!
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I like it too, Jason. But I am concerned that I spend a lot of time cutting it back. I planted it too close to the house and it wants to cover one of the bedroom windows.
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