Acer campestre 'Carnival'
CARNIVAL HEDGE MAPLE
- Crown grows into a compact, round shape
- Leaves emerge creamy-pink, turning a variegated white and green in the summer
- Fall foliage colour is a soft yellow with white margins
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-300 cm
Acer palmatum 'Butterfly'
BUTTERFLY JAPANESE MAPLE
- Variegated upright Japanese maple
- Pink variegation on the edges of light green curved leaves fades to cream in the summer
- Inconspicuous red flowers emerge before the leaves
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 175-225 cm
Acer palmatum 'Geisha Gone Wild'
GEISHA GONE WILD JAPANESE MAPLE
- New buds open to reveal pink, fuchsia and purple leaves
- Leaves will eventually fade to variegated green on white
- In midsummer, any new growth will be neon pink
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Acer palmatum 'Higasayama'
HIGASAYAMA JAPANESE MAPLE
- AKA Acer palmatum 'Higasa yama'
- Slow-growing narrow cultivar becoming wider with age
- Twiggy stems bear crinkled or curled variegated leaves
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Acer palmatum 'Ukigumo'
FLOATING CLOUDS JAPANESE MAPLE
- Green foliage when young becoming variegated
- As the growth of the plant slows the leaves become spotted with white or pink
- As the season progresses, or in some shade, the foliage can become mostly white
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Acer palmatum 'Villa Taranto'
VILLA TARANTO JAPANESE MAPLE
- Compact, vase-shaped form
- Upright cutleaf with a succession of colours displayed:
- Leaves emerge pink, fade to red, then greenish with red tones
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Acer pseudoplatanus 'Esk Sunset'
ESK SUNSET SYCAMORE MAPLE
- AKA (erroneously) Acer pseudoplatanus 'Eskimo Sunset'
- Upright-oval pyramidal growth habit
- Light green leaves are splashed with pink and cream and feature purple undersides
HEIGHT: 11-12 m · SPREAD: 9-10 m
Actinidia kolomikta (male)
HARDY KIWI
- Fragrant white flowers
- Dark green ovate leaves, 15 cm long
- Leaves green in spring and change to variegated white and pink in the summer
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 3 m
Ajuga reptans 'Golden Glow'
BUGLEWEED
- Rich patterned foliage of green, yellow and pink
- Bluish-purple spikes
- Cream portions of the leaf turn pink in the fall
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata 'Elegans'
VARIEGATED PORCELAIN BERRY
- Insignificant tiny green flowers
- Porcelain-blue berries follow
- Dark green leaves with three-five lobes are mottled with pink and white
HEIGHT: 6 m · SPREAD: 1 m
Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow'
ROSE GLOW BARBERRY
- Yellow flowers are more prominent on this cultivar than on most Berberis
- Red berries persist into the winter
- In spring, foliage on old wood emerges burgundy, while new growth shows mottled pink and burgundy
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Cercis canadensis 'Silver Cloud'
SILVER CLOUD REDBUD
- Vase-shaped, rounded, graceful crown
- Rosy-pink sweet pea-like flowers bloom on bare branches and even on mature trunks
- Small heart-shaped leaves feature white, pink and green variegation
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Cornus florida Cherokee Daybreak® ('Daybreak') (PP6320)
CHEROKEE DAYBREAK® DOGWOOD
- AKA Benthamidia florida 'Cherokee Daybreak'
- White bracts very showy around inconspicuous flowers
- Variegated green leaves are edged with creamy-white
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Cornus florida Cherokee Sunset ('Sunset') (PP6305)
CHEROKEE SUNSET DOGWOOD
- AKA Benthamidia florida 'Cherokee Sunset'
- Red bracts very showy around inconspicuous flowers
- Leaves emerge pink-tipped, maturing to a combination of green and yellow
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun'
SUMMER FUN DOGWOOD
- AKA Benthamidia japonica 'Summer Fun'
- In early spring the margins emerge a stunning pink
- Leaves later matures to grey-green with with bright-white margins
HEIGHT: 200-300 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Cornus kousa 'Summer Gold' (PP22765)
SUMMER GOLD DOGWOOD
- AKA Benthamidia japonica 'Summer Gold'
- White flowers fade to pink
- Showy red fruit displayed in the fall
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Cornus x 'Celestial Shadow'
CELESTIAL SHADOW DOGWOOD
- Very showy overlapping white bract petals mature to pink
- Sterile (producing no fruit), with resistance to diseases
- Glossy yellow and green variegated leaves, with a pinkish-red tone in the summer
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Cotoneaster horizontalis 'Variegatus'
VARIEGATED ROCKSPRAY COTONEASTER
- White flowers when little else is flowering
- Red berries contrast with the foliage in early fall
- Light cream edges on dull green leaves develop a pink tinge in the summer
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Euphorbia martinii 'Ascot Rainbow' (PP21401, COPF)
MARTIN'S SPURGE
- Bright green bracts rise just above the foliage
- Each bract has a variegation of green and lighter cream with a red centre
- Sturdy stems have a reddish tone that remains through the season
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Fagus sylvatica Tricolor ('Roseomarginata')
TRICOLOR BEECH
- Upright, oval habit with graceful arching branch tips
- Elliptical leaves are a mix of white, burgundy and pink
- Leaves of this cultivar are slightly smaller
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Fallopia japonica 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED JAPANESE KNOTWEED
- Unless tended regularly, invasive by rhizome
- Large clusters of tiny white fragrant flowers
- New spring growth emerges a deep coral-pink, fading by midsummer
HEIGHT: 150-180 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Heuchera x 'Berry Smoothie' (PP21871, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- Upright stems with panicles of small white flowers
- Leaves emerge a bright pink and darken to a purple-pink in the summer
- Excellent fall colour
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Heuchera x 'Georgia Peach' (PP19375, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- Tiny white flowers
- Large orange-peach-coloured leaves have a slight silver overlay
- Leaves are lightly lobed and have a darker rose-purple colour in the fall
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Heuchera x 'Marmalade' (PP15945, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- Red buds open to reddish-brown blooms
- Glossy shades of peach, orange and red foliage with purple undersides
- Thick lobed round leaves with ruffled edges
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Heuchera x 'Midas Touch' (PP22226, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- White flowers
- Peach and gold shades with a slight silver overlay
- Lobed leaves form a compact mounding habit
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Heuchera x 'Midnight Rose' (PP18551, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- Sport of Heuchera 'Obsidian'
- Insignificant white flowers
- Glossy near-black leaves are splashed with deep pink which lightens to a creamy colour by midsummer
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Heuchera x 'Peach Flambe' (PP17195, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- White flowers
- Shades of bright peach and red in the summer
- Foliage turns a flaming red in cooler seasons
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Heuchera x 'Pinot Gris' (PP19592)
CORAL BELLS
- Compact, vigorous selection
- Small white flowers
- Early spring foliage is ginger with a silvery overlay
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'
CHAMELEON PLANT
- AKA Houttuynia cordata 'Tricolor'
- Insignificant flowers are green with white bracts
- Small heart-shaped leaves form a dense mat
HEIGHT: 15-40 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'
RAINBOW DROOPING LEUCOTHOE
- Fragrant white bell-shaped flowers appear under the leaves
- Reddish stems bear green leaves mottled with pink and cream
- Leaves turn plum-purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Oenanthe javanica 'Flamingo'
JAVA WATERDROPWORT
- Related to the parsley family
- Tiny creamy-white umbels
- Grown for its colourful foliage
HEIGHT: 25-40 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks' (PP18504)
VARIEGATED FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Annual Grass
- Forms a clump of wide burgundy leaves striped with pink, arching from the base
- Bushy bottlebrush-like flower spikes arch gracefully above the foliage
HEIGHT: 80-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Phalaris arundinacea 'Tricolor'
TRICOLOR RIBBON GRASS
- Flat, strap-like, green and white leaves, with a pink tint, 17 mm wide, 30 cm long
- Erect panicles of pink flowers turn to white and are not showy
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 70-100 cm · SPREAD: 75-150 cm
Quercus dentata 'Pinnatifida'
JAPANESE EMPEROR OAK
- Slow-growing, open, upright growing crown
- Matures to a medium-sized tree
- Young leaves are edged in a velvety pink
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Salix integra 'Flamingo' (PP17490, COPF)
FLAMINGO WILLOW
- Young shoots emerge a soft pink and white
- Older leaves remain green, dappled with white
- Bright red stems add winter interest
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki'
DAPPLED WILLOW
- AKA Salix integra 'Albo-maculata'
- Pendant yellowish catkins
- New foliage emerges pink in the spring, maturing to creamy-white and green
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-200 cm
Sedum cauticola
STONECROP
- AKA Hylotelephium cauticola
- Compact, mounding habit
- Gray-blue lightly-scalloped leaves are edged in pink
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Sedum spurium 'Tricolor'
TWO-ROW STONECROP
- Slower growing habit
- Low mat-like variegated foliage with a trailing habit
- Clusters of magenta star-shaped flowers
HEIGHT: 10-12 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm