Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day: September 2016

Posted on September 22, 2016 by johnvic8

Today is Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day when we are invited by Christina at Creating my own Garden of the Hesperides to share photos of the foliage in our gardens. A quick stroll through a thankfully wet garden (a small bit of rain overnight) revealed a few of my plants showing off their foliage today.

(Click on the individual photos for an enlarged view. You can then view them as a slideshow).

Berckmann’s arborvitae
Ajuga ‘Mahogany’
Variegated liriope
Aucuba ‘Mr. Goldstrike’
Cryptomeria ‘Yoshino’

Please visit Christina and her beautiful garden to see what she and other bloggers are sharing today.

About johnvic8

John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014. He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
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5 Responses to Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day: September 2016

  1. Christina says:
    September 22, 2016 at 2:53 pm

    The variegated liriopi is stunning, does it require much irrigation during your summer? I was looking at some today at the nursery. Thanks for joining GBFD for September.

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    • johnvic8 says:
      September 23, 2016 at 8:01 am

      Thanks, Christina. I haven’t had any problems with the liriope waterwise…only with rabbits. The green and variegated varieties are great plants. But be careful of the silver variety…it is a thug.

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  3. Pauline says:
    September 23, 2016 at 1:25 pm

    Lovely contrasting texture and colour, beautiful foliage is essential in a garden!

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