Plants with colored foliage are those that have evolved multi-colored leaves or leaves that are not green on purpose.
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Sold outHosta 'Party Streamers' PP 33,277
Item #: 16999
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Hosta 'Pocketful of Sunshine' PP 23,709
Item #: 2865
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 9" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Praying Hands'
Item #: 4605
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Rainbow's End'
Item #: 6035
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta rectifolia 'Aomori Gold Star'
Item #: 17443
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta rectifolia 'Mito-no-hana'
Item #: 10465
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $100.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta 'Rippling Brook'
Item #: 15969
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Hosta 'School Mouse' PP 29,559
Item #: 12696
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Seasons in the Sun' PP 34,284
Item #: 17273
Zones: 3a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 28" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Silly String' PP 32,127
Item #: 17103
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 14" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Stained Glass'
Item #: 4232
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Sum and Substance'
Item #: 1102
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta 'Sun Flower'
Item #: 6912
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Sun Mouse' PP 30,033
Item #: 6890
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta 'Tears in Heaven' PP 33,297
Item #: 17172
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 15" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Thumb Bluelina'
Item #: 13365
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 5" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $35.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Time Traveler' PP 32,960
Item #: 6622
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $75.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Touch of Class'
Item #: 4625
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta 'Trendsetter' PP 33,296
Item #: 16708
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta 'Twice as Mice'
Item #: 13304
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 5" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Vanilla Bean'
Item #: 10527
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Sold outHosta 'Viking Sunshine'
Item #: 13309
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Voices in the Wind' PP 33,265
Item #: 16835
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3 qt. (2.8 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Hosta 'Waterslide' PP 30,303
Item #: 12697
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 2 qt. (1.9 L)
Regular price $29.00Regular priceUnit price per
More Information About Colored Foliage
Plants With Colored Foliage
- I want a red one and a blue one and a yellow one
Here at Plant Delights Nursery, we have a huge online catalog of perennials and to make your shopping experience easier, we have created several mini-catalogs from it on various themes including, plants with colored foliage. This group is considered by some to be different from variegated plants in that by some people's definition, variegation does not include intentional genetic color variations such as stripes or spots and it does not include plants with a solid color leaf that is not green. Plants with colored foliage are those that have evolved multi-colored leaves or leaves that are not green on purpose. Plants with colored foliage are wonderful landscape design elements as they stand out really well against the back-drop of green-leaved plants all season long. Our mini-catalog of plants with colored foliage includes both variegated plants (due to mutations), plants with solid colored leaves that are not green, and plants with naturally occurring striped, speckled, or spotted leaves.
Plants With Solid Colored Foliage
Black Foliage - Highly ornamental, elegant and mysterious
- Canna
- Colocasia
- Ophiopogon
- Eucomis
See a full list of plants with black leaves.
Blue Foliage - Looks great in the shade and with white or yellow flowered plants
- Agave
- Dianthus
- Hosta
- Mangave
See a full list of plants with blue leaves.
Purple Foliage - Looks great in full sun
See a full list of plants with purple leaves.
Red (or Rose or Pinkish-red) Foliage - There are just a few red-leaved perennials. They are special plants for special spots. Some have red foliage year-round and others turn red in the fall.
- Athyrium (Japanese Painted Fern)
- Dryopteris
- Epimedium
- Heuchera
See a full list of plants with red leaves.
Orange (or Bronze or Copper or Peach) Foliage - Also fairly rare. These are unusual and really catch the eye
- Heuchera
- Dryopteris
- Fargesia
Silver (Gray) Foliage - Really brightens up a dark spot
- Artemisia
- Asarum
- Brunnera (Bugloss)
- Cyclamen
See a full list of plants with silver leaves.
Yellow (or Gold) Foliage - Very bright and looks great with purple flowered plants
- Acorus
- Ajuga
- Carex
- Liriope
See a full list of plants with yellow leaves.
Plants With Patches or Blotches of Colored Foliage - This includes plants with silver centered leaves.
- Alocasia
- Amorphophallus
- Remusatia
- Musa
Plants With Contrasting Colorful Foliage
Leaves with contrasting colors on the bottom of the leaf include:
- Alocasia wentii
- Amorphophallus
- Musa
- Canna (Canna Lily)
- Hedychium (Ginger Lily)
Plants With Speckled Leaves
See our full list of plants with spotted leaves.