Silver foliage can also brighten shady areas of the garden and offer contrast alongside classic green foliage.
These silvery plants are often used in moon gardens that sparkle at night.
For these reasons, silver-leaved plants are prized even when they don’t produce flowers.
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‘Silver Queen’ is a more compact cultivar of the same species.
Note that lavender can be toxic to people and pets.
Russian Sage
Russian sage (Salvia yangii) is aperennial flower.
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This fast-growing perennial is usually grown as ground cover.
For this reason, it’s common to see licorice plants incontainers and pots.
This herbaceous plant also has insignificantwhite flowers.
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These semi-evergreen perennials are deer-resistant.
This fast-growing perennial is often ground for its silver foliage and used as ground cover.
These plants are very deer-resistant.
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They are easy-going ferns that won’t take over your garden.
However, these slow-growing plants can be susceptible torabbit damage.
This flow is an eye-catching addition to any garden.
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It is most often used as a ground cover in sunny areas or in rock gardens.
This is a creeping ground cover plant with pale, pink flowers appear in June and July.
This plant can spread quite a bit, which is a virtue if you seek a ground cover.
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Mullein
Bearing tall spikes of yellow flowers, common mullein (Verbascum thapsus) has silvery leaves.
You’ll often see mullein plants growing wild along roadsides.
This fast-growing perennial thrives inpoor soilswhere other landscape plants struggle.
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The yellow flowers, although not terribly showy, appear from June to September.
It’s often planted in masses and may be used as a ground cover on large properties.
It also makes a good specimen plant in mixed gardens, where it provides contrasting color.
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The fern-like leaves have deep indentations along the edges, contrasting strikingly with plants with smooth-edged leaves.
It can be toxic to pets.
It has a unique, geometric rosette shape that provides contrast in the garden.
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Blue Fescue
Blue fescue (Festuca glauca) is a semi-evergreen grass with silvery blue foliage.
The foliage forms mound-shaped tufts.
It’s perfect to plant on the border of gardens or in combination with otherornamental grasses.
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However, you may need to divide it every few years.
Carnations
Carnations (Dianthus caryophyllus) are flowering herbaceous perennials that are often grown as an annuals.
Most gardeners think of flowers when they think of carnations, but these plants also have silvery blue foliage.
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They’re perennial in warm zones, but growers in cooler areas often grow eucalyptus as an annual.
Thesignature fragranceof this fast-growing plant’s foliage adds a spa-like feel to bathrooms.
Note that eucalyptus can be toxic to people and pets.
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If you have arock gardenor wall in need of some silvery foliage, this could be the right choice.
Silver sedum has fleshy, cylindrical leaves that are silvery blue.
It’s super low-maintenance and barely needs any water.
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Its jagged-looking leaves are actually soft to the touch.
Honey bush emits an odd fragrance when bruised that reminds many gardeners of peanut butter.
In spring and summer, honey bush producescrimson flowers.
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This fast-growing plant can be toxic to people and pets.
Silver sage flowers in its second growing season.
Silver thyme is a versatile option, functioning as both an ornamental plant and an herb.
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In summer, this plant sends out bright yellow blooms that make excellent cut flowers.
It’s also anatural pest repellant, and deer will totally ignore it.
It has silvery-green leaves that emerge fully silver and slowly mature to light green.
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