Coloured Foliage Plants

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Coloured Foliage Plants

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In the words of famous poetess Parveen Shakir- Allah bless her in eternal peace:
“Rang bateen karein aur baton say khushbu aaye”
Regardless, Colours do charm a person,like fragrance, even if less.Let us then speak to/about the colours of garden plants.

We know that there is a good number of plants known & reared for the exotic colours of their foliage, rather than their flowers or fragrance.Wouldn’t it be nice if we take a stock of all such locally available plants for the interest & knowledge of all members?
Here as a first step,I post the images taken by me of some of such plants- please indicate if there be any wrong name:

Caladium
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Croton
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Continued........

Amaranthus
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Re: Coloured Foliage Plants

Post by M Farooq »

Nice...Munir shb, please email the pictures of individual foliage (with close ups) plants as well at pakistan.flora@yahoo.com. We will create entries with time. You are right foliage plants have been neglected so far! If possible give the name as well.
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Continued.......

Coleus
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Flowering Cabbage
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Continued........

Swiss Chard
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Name ???
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Continued......

Cinenaria Maritima - White Colour
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Irisine. Hamad AK- please confirm.
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Continued......

Euphorbia Cotinifolia/Lall Jharri
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Some Dracaenas/Cordylines also have coloured foliage,but presently they are not in proper colours. Can be added later.
Then, there may be a number of other coloured foliage plants,as also a wide range of colours of the above plants,which may be added by whoever has them,in order to complete the catalogue.
Hope you enjoy the colours.
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Re: Coloured Foliage Plants

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The purple foliage plant is Oxalis triangularis or purple clover.
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Re: Coloured Foliage Plants

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What mistake have I made & can someone kindly rectify it?
I opened a 'New Topic' to upload 6 posts with images of subject plants in succession in one thread.Instead,they have all appeared separately as individual threads, though with the same subject title.How could I have done it ? Can somebody put them together,as they serve little pupose separately?
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Re: Coloured Foliage Plants

Post by Hamad »

looking beautiful,

I tried croton but didn't survive for me, coleus and Amaranthus are also looking great

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