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RED & PURPLE

Barberry (Berberis) - ‘Rose Glow’, ‘Crimson Pygmy’ ‘Bagatelle’, and more! Tiny red leaves all season, deciduous

Smokebush (Cotinus) - ‘Royal Purple’ has dark purple leaves, ‘Grace’ has reddish-purple leaves fading to greenish purple in summer, deciduous

New Zealand Flax (Phormium) - ‘Dusky Chief’, ‘Rubrum’ and others, grass like evergreen for sunny well drained areas

Ninebark (Physocarpos) - ‘Diabolo’ tough shrub with purple leaves, new varieties include ‘Coppertina’ and ‘Center Glow’, deciduous

Elderberry (Sambucus) - ‘Black Lace’ and ‘Black Beauty’ with dark purple leaves, deciduous

Weigela—’Wine & Roses’ and ‘Midnight Wine’ dark purple leaves

BLUE & GRAY

Bog Rosemary (Andromeda) - ‘Blue Ice’ frosty blue foliage, evergreen

Heather (Calluna) ‘Silver Knight’ and others, gray green leaves, evergreen

Elaeagnus—pungens or ebbengei, blue gray evergreen leaves, tough drought tolerant shrub

Hebe—’Sutherlandii’, pagei, and others, tiny blue gray leaves, evergreen

Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon) powdery blue blades, evergreen

Juniper (Juniperus) ‘Blue Star’ steely blue needles all year, full sun and good drainage, drought tolerant

Switch Grass (Panicum) ‘Heavy Metal’ and others, blue-green blades, deciduous

Senecio—medium sized oval gray-green leaves, evergreen, tough shrub

YELLOW

Barberry (Berberis) - ‘Aurea’, ‘Gold Nugget’ and others, tiny bright yellow leaves, deciduous

Heather (Calluna) - ‘Robert Chapman’, ‘Wickwar Flame’ and others,  evergreen

Gold Sedge (Carex) ‘Evergold’ and others, low gold and green striped blades, evergreen grass

Mops Cypress (Chamaecyparis) - ‘Sungold’ and others, conifer with bright gold needles, evergreen

Mexican Orange (Choisya) ‘Sundance’ bright yellow new growth fades to lime green, evergreen

Euonymus—’Emerald & Gold’, ‘Silver Queen’, and others, gold and green variegated leaves, tough shrub for almost any condition, evergreen

Fuchsia—’Aurea’ hardy fuchsia with soft gold leaves, deciduous

Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa) ‘All Gold’, ‘Aureola’, fountain like gold or gold variegated grass for partial shade, deciduous

Hebe—’Variegata’, ‘Tricolor’ and others, for sunny well drained and protected site, evergreen

Leucothoe—’Rainbow’ gold and green variegated leaves, evergreen

Box Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida) ‘Baggenson’s Gold’, ‘Lemon Beauty’, tiny golden and gold and green variegated leaves, evergreen

New Zealand Flax (Phormium) - ‘Yellow Wave’ and others, grass like plant for full sun and good drainage

Currant (Ribes) - ‘Brocklebankii’ gold new growth fades lime green, best out of hottest summer sun, deciduous

WHITE

Euonymus—’Harlequin’, ‘Microphylla Variegata’ low growing green and white variegated shrubs, tolerant shrub, evergreen

Liriope—’Silver Dragon’ - white and green variegated grass like plant for pm shade

Pieris—’Little Heath’- green and white variegated, red new growth, evergreen

Dappled Willow (Salix) - ‘Hakuro Nishiki’ green and white variegated leaves with pink tipped new growth, very showy, deciduous

Weigela—’Variegata’, ‘My Monet’, white to yellow and green variegated leaves, deciduous