PLANTS VALUED FOR THEIR FOLIAGE 367 



NAME 



HEIGHT 



SITUATION 



COLOUR 



Heracleum villosum 



8-10 ft. 



Sun 



White 



Phalaris arundinacea 









var. variegata 



2-4 ft. 



Sun 



White 



Phyllostachys aurea 



10-15 ft. 



Half-shade* 



Brownish 



nigra 



10-20 ft. 



Half-shade* 





ruscifolia 



1 4-2 ft. 



Half-shade* 



Green 



viridi-gl aucescens 



10-18 ft. 



Half-shade* 



Green 



Rheum officinale 



5-6 ft. 



Sun 



Greenish 









white 



Palmatum 



6-8 ft. 



Sun 



Greenish 









white 



Ricinus communis 



3-10 ft. 



Sun (A) 





Rodgersia podophylla 



3-4 ft. 



Sun 



White 



Rohdea Japonica, var. varie- 









gata 



9-12 in. 



Half-shade 



White 



Santolina chamacyparissus 



\\-2 ft. 



Sun* 



Yellow 



Scirpus Holoschoenus, var. varie- 









gatus 



i-i^ ft. 



Sun 



Brown 



Senecio Japonicus 



4-8 ft 



Sun 



Orange 



Stipa pennata 



20 in. 



Sun 



Green 



Symphytum officinale, var. 









variegatum 



3-4 ft. 



Sun or 









half-shade 



Various 



Tripsacum dactyloides 



4-7 ft. 



Sun* 



Green 



Tussilago Farfara 





Sun 



Yellow 



Xanthorrhiza apiifolia 



1-2 ft. 



Shade 



Purple 



Yucca filamentosa 



1-3 ft. 



Sun 



White 



PLANTS FOR THE ALPINE GARDEN 





HEIGHT 







NAME 



IN 



FLOWERING 



COLOUR 





INCHES 



PERIOD 





Acana microphylla 



3 



June — Aug. 



Incon- 









spicuous 



nermis 









Acantholimon glumaceum 



6 



July — Sept. 



Rose 



