Green-flowering plants
Plants with green flowers for a colour-themed border.
Green flowers and foliage are the most sophisticated note in a border, prized for their calm, their freshness and the way they set off every other colour around them. A predominantly green scheme relies on contrast of form and texture rather than colour: broad against narrow leaves, glossy against matt, fine fern against bold paddle. Green flowers, found in hellebores, euphorbias and certain tobacco plants, read as quietly unusual and stop a planting looking too sweet. Variegation and lime-green foliage extend the theme. The skill is in the staging rather than the shade. These plants are chosen for genuinely green flowers and for the structural foliage that gives a green-led border its quiet authority.
Border Builder is a garden border planner for iPhone and iPad. Pick from the 145 plants below and it works them into a full plan: how many of each, where they go, and how the bed reads through the seasons.
145 plants for this
- American SpikenardAralia racemosa
- Anna's Magic Ball ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Anna's Magic Ball'
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Arborvitae 'Emerald Green'Thuja occidentalis 'Emerald Green'
- Arborvitae 'Hetz Midget'Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'
- Arborvitae 'North Pole'Thuja occidentalis 'North Pole'
- Aucuba 'Gold Dust'Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'
- Autumn FernDryopteris erythrosora
- Big BluestemAndropogon gerardii
- Big MuhlyMuhlenbergia lindheimeri
- Blue FescueFestuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'
- Blue Grama 'Blonde Ambition'Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition'
- Blue NolinaNolina nelsonii
- Bottlebrush GrassElymus hystrix
- Boxwood 'Green Gem'Buxus 'Green Gem'
- Boxwood 'Green Velvet'Buxus 'Green Velvet'
- Boxwood 'Winter Gem'Buxus 'Winter Gem'
- Bunny Blue SedgeCarex laxiculmis 'Hobb'
- CA Meadow SedgeCarex pansa
- Cabbage palmCordyline australis
- California FescueFestuca californica
- California Grape 'Roger's Red'Vitis californica 'Roger's Red'
- Canada MilkvetchAstragalus canadensis
- Canada Wild RyeElymus canadensis
- Checker LilyFritillaria affinis
- Cherokee SedgeCarex cherokeensis
- Christmas FernPolystichum acrostichoides
- Cinnamon FernClaytosmunda cinnamomea
- Coast SilktasselGarrya elliptica
- CoffeeberryFrangula californica
- ColeusPlectranthus scutellarioides
- Common IvyHedera helix
- Coneflower 'Green Jewel'Echinacea purpurea 'Green Jewel'
- CoontieZamia integrifolia
- Coral Bells 'Dale's Strain'Heuchera americana 'Dale's Strain'
- Corkscrew RushJuncus effusus 'Spiralis'
- Creeping Juniper 'Blue Rug'Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Rug'
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- Danica Globe ArborvitaeThuja occidentalis 'Danica'
- Deer GrassMuhlenbergia rigens
- Dwarf Alberta SprucePicea glauca 'Conica'
- Dwarf Balsam FirAbies balsamea 'Nana'
- Dwarf Blue SprucePicea pungens 'Globosa'
- Dwarf Eastern White PinePinus strobus 'Nana'
- Dwarf Japanese CedarCryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana'
- Dwarf Japanese Garden JuniperJuniperus procumbens 'Nana'
- Dwarf River BirchBetula nigra 'Little King'
- Dwarf Serbian SprucePicea omorika 'Nana'
- English YewTaxus baccata
- EuonymusEuonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n' Gold'
- Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow'Euphorbia x martinii 'Ascot Rainbow'
- False AloeManfreda virginica
- False Cypress 'Soft Serve'Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve'
- FasciculariaFascicularia bicolor
- Feather Reed GrassCalamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
- FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- Fountain Grass 'Little Bunny'Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- FringecupTellima grandiflora
- Giant SacatonSporobolus wrightii
- Glaucous sedgeCarex flacca
- Golden Dwarf Hinoki CypressChamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Lutea'
- Gray's SedgeCarex grayi
- Greater wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- Green lavender cottonSantolina rosmarinifolia
- Hardy bananaMusa basjoo
- HelleboreHelleborus x hybridus
- Hinoki Cypress 'Nana Gracilis'Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'
- Holly oliveOsmanthus heterophyllus
- HostaHosta 'Francee'
- Hydrangea 'Limelight'Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'
- Idaho FescueFestuca idahoensis
- Indian GrassSorghastrum nutans
- Indian Grass 'Sioux Blue'Sorghastrum nutans 'Sioux Blue'
- Japanese forest grass 'Aureola'Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola'
- Japanese holly 'Dark Green'Ilex crenata 'Dark Green'
- Juniper 'Blue Star'Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
- Juniper 'Sea Green'Juniperus chinensis 'Sea Green'
- Korean Feather Reed GrassCalamagrostis brachytricha
- Lady's MantleAlchemilla mollis
- Largeflower FairybellsProsartes smithii
- Little BluestemSchizachyrium scoparium
- Little Bluestem 'Standing Ovation'Schizachyrium scoparium 'Standing Ovation'
- Little Bluestem 'The Blues'Schizachyrium scoparium 'The Blues'
- Low Glow Japanese Red PinePinus densiflora 'Low Glow'
- Marginal Wood FernDryopteris marginalis
- Mexican Feather GrassStipa tenuissima
- Mexican Feather GrassNassella tenuissima
- Mexican Grass TreeDasylirion longissimum
- Mugo Pine 'Mops'Pinus mugo 'Mops'
- Needle PalmRhapidophyllum hystrix
- New Zealand broadleafGriselinia littoralis
- New Zealand flax 'Cream Delight'Phormium cookianum 'Cream Delight'
- Northern BayberryMyrica pensylvanica
- Northern Sea OatsChasmanthium latifolium
- Orange sedgeCarex testacea
- Pacific ReedgrassCalamagrostis nutkaensis
- Pacific Wax MyrtleMyrica californica
- Palm SedgeCarex muskingumensis
- Panicle Hydrangea 'Little Lime'Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Lime'
- Parry's AgaveAgave parryi
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
- Piggyback PlantTolmiea menziesii
- Plantain SedgeCarex plantaginea
- Prairie AlumrootHeuchera richardsonii
- Prairie DropseedSporobolus heterolepis
- Purple Hopseed BushDodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea'
- Purple NeedlegrassStipa pulchra (Nassella)
- Purple Three-awnAristida purpurea
- Quaking GrassBriza media
- Queen Victoria AgaveAgave victoriae-reginae
- Rattlesnake MasterEryngium yuccifolium
- Red Cedar 'Grey Owl'Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl'
- Rocky Mountain Juniper 'Blue Arrow'Juniperus scopulorum 'Blue Arrow'
- SaltbushAtriplex halimus
- Sea OatsUniola paniculata
- Sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilis
- Sheep's fescueFestuca ovina
- Sideoats GramaBouteloua curtipendula
- Silver ragwortJacobaea maritima
- Soft RushJuncus effusus
- Solomon's SealPolygonatum x hybridum
- Southern Wax MyrtleMorella cerifera
- Southern Wood FernDryopteris ludoviciana
- Spindle 'Green Spire'Euonymus japonicus 'Green Spire'
- Stinking helleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Sweet Vernal GrassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- SweetfernComptonia peregrina
- Switchgrass 'Cape Breeze'Panicum virgatum 'Cape Breeze'
- Switchgrass 'Cloud Nine'Panicum virgatum 'Cloud Nine'
- Switchgrass 'Dallas Blues'Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'
- Switchgrass 'Northwind'Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'
- Switchgrass 'Shenandoah'Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
- Tall Purple Moor Grass 'Skyracer'Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea 'Skyracer'
- Texas SedgeCarex texensis
- Tulip 'Spring Green'Tulipa 'Spring Green'
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
- Vine MapleAcer circinatum
- Virginia CreeperParthenocissus quinquefolia
- Whale's Tongue AgaveAgave ovatifolia
- White SagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana
- Wild angelicaAngelica sylvestris
- Yew 'Densiformis'Taxus x media 'Densiformis'
- Yew 'Hicksii'Taxus x media 'Hicksii'
- Yew PinePodocarpus macrophyllus
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