Shrubs With Variegated Leaves

Evergreen

• Variegated evergreen shrubs provide year-round color and interest. Because these shrubs maintain their foliage all year, they make an ideal backdrop for your landscape. Sherwood Frost Arborvitae is a popular choice for an evergreen shrub, boasting deep green foliage with a hint of white on the tips. Another interesting choice is Wintercreeper Euonymus, known for its creeping growth and colorful variegated foliage that displays green, white and purple leaves.

Deciduous

• Deciduous variegated shrubs lose their foliage during the winter, but come back to life in the spring with an assortment of different colors. The foliage on deciduous variegated shrubs will often change appearance somewhat throughout the growing season, adding an additional colorful element to your garden or landscape. One interesting example of these shrubs is the Barberry, which can vary from white speckled foliage to a pink and white leaf that matures to a lovely green and white combination. Viburnun is another beautiful landscaping option, displaying creamy yellow and green foliage in early summer.

Flowering

• Flowering shrubs with variegated leaves are one of the easiest ways to add color and greenery. As springtime approaches, these flowering shrubs feature beautiful colorful foliage that is later accented by more colorful blossoms. One popular form of the flowering shrub is the Red-Twig Dogwood, which has red stems during the winter that give way to grayish green variegated leaves and white flowers in the spring. Autumn Sage is another perennial shrub that offers a double dose of color; brilliant red flowers are surrounded by lovely variegated foliage edged in cream.