This planting combination would make a great addition to a front yard garden, adding curb appeal with its pleasing variety of foliage color, plants shapes, and textures. Evergreen plants add structure year-round. The winter daphne will fill the garden with fragrance in late winter and its leathery, deep green foliage will add visual weight. Its foliage is complemented by the ferny, evergreen foliage of Soft Caress Mahonia, an excellent wintertime food source for hummingbirds who flock to its yellow blooms. Low-growing evergreens carpet the ground—the finely textured heather is juxtaposed with the big, bold, glossy foliage of the bergenia; and the trio is rounded out by the Red Lightning Heuchera which knits multiple plants together via its yellow foliage with red veins. Perennials add flower color—the astilbe's fuzzy red spires make a showy entrance in late spring and are followed shortly thereafter by the hardy fuchsia which will remain colorful until a killing frost. The full moon maple is an exceptional slow-growing maple. Its deeply dissected leaves are handsome all season, but are especially outstanding in autumn when they put on a fantastically beautiful display of fall color.
Zone:
7,
8
Exposure:
Part Sun,
Part Shade,
Filtered Sun,
Morning Sun
Water Needs:
Average,
Low,
Regular / Even,
Occasional
Style:
Northwest Eclectic,
Wildlife Friendly,
Woodland,
City and Courtyard
Features:
Fabulous Foliage,
Fall Color,
Four Season Appeal,
Fragrance,
Varied Foliage, Texture, and Form,
Winter Interest,
Zippy Color Contrasts,
Wildlife Friendly
Focus:
Curb Appeal,
Mixed Border,
Pleasing Seasonal Flow,
Year-round Interest
Seasons of Interest:
Winter,
Spring,
Summer,
Fall,
Pleasing Seasonal Changes,
Year-round Interest,
Three Seasons of Interest
Maintenance Level:
medium
Maintenance Tasks:
Deadheading,
Divide Plants to Rejuvenate
fernleaf full moon maple
Type:
Tree
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
6, 7, 8
Red Astilbe
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Part Sun, Full Shade, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Pigsqueak
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Full Sun, Part Sun, Full Shade, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
winter daphne
Type:
Shrub
Exposure:
Full Shade, Part Shade
Zone:
5, 6, 7, 8
Little Giant Hardy Fuchsia
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Red Lightning alum root, Coral Bells
Type:
Perennial
Exposure:
Full Shade, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Soft Caress Mahonia
Type:
Shrub
Exposure:
Part Sun, Full Shade, Part Shade, Filtered Sun, Morning Sun, Open Shade
Zone:
7, 8, 9, 10, 11