Plants with Silver or Grey Foliage
Introduction
Add some sparkle to your garden with plants that have silver or grey leaves! These versatile plants can transform a drab border into a dazzling display.
Benefits of Silver and Grey Foliage
- Adds contrast and interest
- Brings a cool elegance to plant combinations
- Looks great with pink, white, blue, and burgundy flowers
- Many are drought tolerant, making them perfect for areas with low rainfall
10 Versatile Silver-Leaved Plants
Rose Campion
This short-lived perennial has silvery felty leaves and pretty magenta flowers that attract pollinators.
Honeywort
A great annual for filling gaps in borders, honeywort has silvery blue-green leaves and purple bell-shaped flowers that attract bees.
Bluebeard
This attractive shrub has silvery blue-green foliage and deep blue flowers that bloom in late summer.
Cardoon
With its striking silvery, thistle-like foliage and tall flower stems topped with globe artichoke-like buds, cardoon is a standout in any garden.
Silver Bush
As its name suggests, silver bush has evergreen foliage covered in silky-grey hairs. In summer, it produces blush-white trumpet flowers with a pink stripe.
Cotton Lavender
A neat, rounded evergreen shrub, cotton lavender has finely divided, fragrant foliage and small yellow pompon flowers.
Sea Holly
Sea hollies have small spiky flowers on sturdy stems and grey/blue foliage. ‘Silver Ghost’ is a particularly silvery variety.
Curry Plant
This dwarf sub-shrub has aromatic foliage that smells like curry. It produces clusters of small, bright yellow flowers throughout summer.
Pittosporum ‘Silver Queen’
With white markings on the edges of its leaves, Pittosporum ‘Silver Queen’ appears silvery. It produces small, bell-shaped, purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ AGM
This popular perennial has heart-shaped leaves with silvery markings. It produces clusters of blue flowers in spring.
More Plants with Silver Foliage
- Agave
- Lambs’ ears
- Lavender
- Senecio cineraria
- Wormwood
