Wine Punch
Phormium ‘Sundowner’
Echeveria nodulosa
Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’
Sipping on Cocoa
Phormium ‘Platt’s Black’
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’
Harvest Gold
Libertia peregrinans
Heuchera ‘Crème Brûlée’
Shades of Green
Shades of green plan
A. Restio multiflorus A wispy, grasslike plant that grows 3 to 4 feet tall or more, it develops brown seed heads that hang on through winter.
B. Libertia peregrinans Stiff, narrow leaves have warm tones of olive and orange; plants reach 2 feet tall.
C. Euphorbia amygdaloides robbiae This spreading foot-tall plant has rounded grass green leaves.
D. Coleonema pulchellum 'Sunset Gold' Feathery green-gold foliage glows in soft autumn light. Plants reach 1½ feet tall.
Chocolate with a Twist of Lime
Lime and chocolate plan
A. Agonis flexuosa 'Jervis Bay Afterdark' A tree with feathery burgundy foliage.
B. Heuchera 'Crimson Curls' Deeply ruffled plum-toned leaves grow in a mound that reaches about 1½ feet tall.
C. Grevillea 'Fanfare' Saw-toothed leaves are coppery when young, maturing to a shade of lime. This low spreader grows 1 foot tall.
Touch of Bronze
Touch of bronze plan
A. Pieris 'Forest Flame' Fiery red new leaves fade to pink, then turn dark green when mature. This shrub prefers part-shade and can reach 10 feet tall.
B. Dryopteris erythrosora The hardy wood fern’s feathery new growth blends copper, pink, and gold tones that turn rust-colored in fall. It grows 2 feet tall.
C. 'Little John' azalea Bronzy leaves make this azalea, which can reach 6 feet tall, a choice focal point.
Smoke and Berries
Smoke and berries plan
A. Weeping blue Atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula') Pendulous branches sport soft-looking silvery blue needles. Slow-growing; trained to form a spiral trunk.
B. Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty' Stiff branches with green leaves and red-orange berries add a playful touch to pots. It grows to
6 inches tall.
Black and Gold
Black gold plan
A. Coprosma 'Roy's Red' This shrub’s glossy purple-black fall leaves turn red in winter. The plant grows 3 to 4 feet tall.
B. Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' Clumps of silky ebony blades make perfect edgings.