not having a garden, it's difficult for me to talk
about so many plants that i have not personally grown.
but in terms of plants grown for foliage, one could
mention:
Sinningia - various sinningias have beautiful foliage.
S. leucotricha as most of you know have silvery hairy
leaves that turn greener and less dense as the
stem/leaves grow, but in its incipient stages, it
feels and looks like soft wool. others with soft,
lanuginous leaves include: globulosa ("lanata"),
piresiana, hatschbachii.
Smithiantha, Kohleria, Achimenes - rhizomatous members
of the Gesneriaceae, many have beautifully felted
leaves with various types of markings and stripes in
leaves, in addition to the attractive flowers.
Asarum - are these considered bulbs/bulb-like? i
haven't grown these "wild gingers" but i've seen many
that have gorgeous leaves.
Tricyrtis - aren't some grown for foliage?
Trillium - same as above.
Cornukaempferia, Kaempferia - these true gingers are
sometimes called peacock gingers for their beautiful
leaves.
Arisaema, Calladium, Alocasia, Colocasia, Xanthosoma,
and various other aroids, as it has been mentioned.
Massonia - very strange two-leaved Amaryllid. some
species have "corrugated" leaves.
Rauhia - the leaves are so huge and succulent that
they are a conversation piece in themselves.
tsuh yang
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