20+ Dark Green Foliage Shrubs

When combining dark leaved plants there are a few important things to remember. Eastern ninebark physocarpus opulifolius diabolo or diablo has deep burgundy foliage that becomes almost black.

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Dark green foliage shrubs

Burgundy in fall and winter why we love it. These leaves droop limply from the stems. Dark green with silver gray backs.

Firstly rather than growing a group of these plants side by side they ll stand out more if grown alone as statement plants or if combined with flowers and green leaved plants where the colours can bounce off of each other. Black lace weigela florida wine and roses is a deciduous. A well known evergreen shrub with glossy dark green leaves which can be either spiny or smooth.

This tough as nails low growing shrub often called kinninnick has small rounded glossy leaves and produces clusters of small urn shaped pink tinged white flowers in spring followed by red berries that last all winter. Camellia camellia reticulata the flowering shrub camellias are well loved for their glossy dark green foliage and their spring flowers. They have leathery leaves which are dark lustrous green and are fuzzy gray below.

These are large shrubs which can reach 10 feet height and spread 6 feet or more. Elderberry sambucus nigra black beauty is a deciduous shrub with deep rich purple dissected foliage and pink. During late spring clusters of tiny white flowers can be seen which are followed by oval red berries.

Best known for its classic dark green leaves and red berries at christmas there are many variegated forms of holly which make outstanding specimen plants in the garden or as part of a mixed border. The flowers of the camellia shrub can be single or double and come in a variety of colors from pink to yellow.

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