Colored leaves last a lot longer than any flower, and since they cover the plant from top to bottom, provide more visual impact too.
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Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'
Item #: 369
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Agave colorata 'Misashibo'
Item #: 9921
Zones: 9a to 11
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Agave victoriae-reginae 'Tora Fu'
Item #: 8599
Zones: 8a to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Ajuga 'Flashy Flamingo' PPAF
Item #: 18121
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Ajuga 'Parrot Paradise'
Item #: 16733
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Europe, Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Ajuga tenorei 'Cordial Canary'
Item #: 16734
Zones: 4a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Italy
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Ajuga 'Tropical Toucan'
Item #: 16739
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Italy
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Alocasia cucullata 'Moon Landing'
Item #: 16768
Zones: 9a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Burma/Myanmar, India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Alocasia cucullata 'Yellow Tail'
Item #: 7588
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Burma/Myanmar, India
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aralia cordata 'Sun King'
Item #: 9133
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra elatior 'Stars and Stripes'
Item #: 7522
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra minutiflora 'Leopard'
Item #: 2117
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra pulchella 'Stretch Marks'
Item #: 7059
Zones: 9a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Clouded Leopard'
Item #: 14893
Zones: 7b to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 22" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Warp Drive'
Item #: 9923
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 26" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Yellow Hammer'
Item #: 1936
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra sutepensis 'Chiang-Dao Chace'
Item #: 16867
Zones: 9a to 11
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Thailand
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra vietnamensis 'Amanogawa'
Item #: 6587
Zones: 8b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra yingjiangensis 'Singapore Sling'
Item #: 7061
Zones: 9a to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Thailand
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra zongbayi 'Green Carpet'
Item #: 1924
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 16" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aspidistra zongbayi 'Yunnan Sunbeam'
Item #: 3472
Zones: 7b to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aucuba japonica 'Katoaba'
Item #: 16877
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aucuba japonica 'Ooba Nakafu'
Item #: 3134
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aucuba japonica 'Suruga Benten'
Item #: 9715
Zones: 7a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price perSale price $32.00
More Information About Yellow/Gold Foliage Plants
Plants with gold or yellow foliage put the Midas touch in your garden!
If you have a dull dark spot in the garden, and you want season-long color to brighten it, nothing works better than plants with gold or yellow foliage. Colored leaves last a lot longer than any flower, and since they cover the plant from top to bottom, provide more visual impact too. Here at Plant Delights Nursery, we have a huge on-line catalog of perennials and we have culled it to create this mini-catalog of plants with gold or yellow foliage.
Our Favorite Yellow and Gold Leaf Plants
- Acorus – tough, low maintenance woodland perennials, some with yellow foliage, that make great accent plants.
- Aralia – woody, herbaceous perennials, some (Aralia ‘Sun King’) with brilliantly bright golden leaves.
- Aucuba – known for large, shiny, variegated leaves that are often variegated in patterns of yellow or gold.
- Carex - ornamental grasses, many with a variety of variegated gold and yellow leaves.
- Liriope – tough, drought resistant, evergreen member of the lily family.
- Colocasia – perennial favorite with foliage ranging from glossy black to yellow-gold.
- Dicentra – deer resistant perennials with yellow and gold leaved cultivars.
- Heuchera – wonderful groundcover with leaf colors that include green, chartreuse, yellow, peach, copper and purple, and every shade in between.
- Heucherella – hybrid of heuchera and tiarella, Heucherella ‘Solar Eclipse’ has brilliant foliage that intensifies with the heat.
- Hosta – many variegated yellow and gold leaved species available as well as purely gold foliaged varieties like Hosta ‘Age of Gold’.
- Illicium – evergreen shrubs with licorice scented foliage and cultivars that have gold and yellow foliage.
- Vinca – heat and drought tolerant ground cover with cultivars that have variegated green and gold foliage.
- Yucca – US and Mexican natives with many variegated yellow and gold varieties.
There are plenty of other great plants with gold or yellow foliage. When you are ready to buy plants with gold or yellow foliage for your garden, check out our online list of plants with gold or yellow foliage for sale.
























