Luscious leaves

This understaed combo is all about foliage . It almost beg you to lean down and match the leaves . Who postulate flowers with texture like these ? Included is ‘ Catlin ’s Giant ’ carpet Lycopus virginicus ( Ajuga reptans‘Catlin ’s Giant ’ , Zones 3 - 9 ) , Silver - variegated Nipponese sedge ( Carex morrowii‘Variegata ’ , Zones 5 - 9 ) , and Nipponese fatsia ( Fatsia japonica , Zones 8 - 10 ) . This combo was designed by Sabrina and Freeland Tanner in Napa , California .

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