Leaves are variegated bronze on 4-foot-tall stalks. This variety can be hard to find some years but worth the effort. Ann McCormick is a Fort Worth freelance writer.

Voluptuous canna lilies and their big leaves can give your garden a bold, jungle-looking look EPAPER LIVE TV DAWNNEWS URDU Images Herald Aurora CityFM89 Advertise Events Supplements Careers Obituaries ...

Garden phlox also comes in a beautiful variegated leaf form, a towering perennial that may reach 5 to 6 feet tall. ... Summer bulbs such as cannas, callas and elephant ears, ...

Cannas are bold plants that range from 3- to 6-feet tall, ... Their blooms come in bright yellow, red, orange, pink and salmon, as well as variegated combinations. Foliage can be bright green, ...

Heat wave zapped your garden? Freshen it and boost the tropical flair with a large pot or two of these summer subjects: Banana Bananas' leafy presence and flower spikes with large, colored bracts ...

Give Mom a fresh look to her 2012 flower pots with one of these cutting-edge "pot stars" that are alternatives to the over-used dracaena spike.

Some gardeners specialize in growing annuals, some perennials, some vegetables, some grasses or shrubs or vines. I grow leaves. I am particularly fond of foliage. When I'm nursery hopping, instead ...