Photo: Creeping Jenny used to good effect in the Buncrana planting scheme.
Look out for these delightful plants to fill out your summer baskets with attractive foliage. They can look stunning on their own but you can also mix them up with your favourite flowers.
Helichrysum petiolare. These have woolly silver grey leaves; also they can be golden and variegated.
Golden Creeping Jenny. Used to very good effect on the Buncrana planting schemes last year. They have yellow flowers and golden leaves.
Purple leaved fuchsia. Deep purple leaves, usually no flowers.
Purple heuchera. Large purple leaves.
Lamium “White Nancy” Silver leaved dead nettle; spreading and trailing habit.
Ajuga “ Burgundy Glow”. At home in the rockery as well as a basket.
Cineraria maritime. Fern like silver foliage’ ideal for the top of baskets. They are a biennial but best grown as an annual.
Flame nettle. Also called coleus, very easy to grow, good houseplant too.
Glechoma “Variegata”. Trailing with frilly edged leaves.
Ivy varieties. Trailing ivys in a range of green, gold and variegated leaf types.
Horticultural.
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