Recently, plants with a sci-fi flare have been teleported into gardens everywhere. These otherworldly botanical beauties offer more than just a futuristic aesthetic; they bring a new, fresh perspective to the landscape and shine like stars with neon hues and unusual foliage.
Color Trend: Futuristic Neons
Cyber lime, a near-neon green that evokes both nature and technology, is electrifying the garden with a jolt of citrusy energy. Bursting with the tang of freshly squeezed lime, this versatile shade plays beautifully with a range of garden hues. To get the look, try these four picks:
- Forget chrome and blacklights: ‘Sunshine’ Ligustrum has a glow that’s all its own. This vibrant shrub is a beacon of sunshine with its year-round coat of radiant, lemon-yellow foliage that doesn’t fade with the seasons. Its leaves hold onto their golden hue even in the dead of winter.
- ‘Lemon-Lime’ Nandina boasts evergreen foliage that explodes in a luminous chartreuse green. Cascading branches create a dynamic, sculptural silhouette that’s reminiscent of a living light show, with leaves sparkling in the sunbeams.
- Infuse electrifying cyber lime into shady spaces with EverColor® ‘Everillo’ Carex, a sedge that takes the concept of “green” to a whole new dimension. Neat, cascading mounds will add intrigue and vibrant texture to your space with fountain-like foliage.
- Forever Goldy Arborvitae defies the boundaries of nature with a year-round coat of golden foliage. Tightly packed branches create a geometrically pleasing form that is more of a living sculpture than a traditional conifer.
Plants That Shine Like Stars
Let your path be guided by plants that shimmer and shine like scattered stars in a garden where moonlight isn’t the only celestial glow.
- Mimic the twinkle of distant stars with the starburst-shaped blooms of Ever Twilight™ Agapanthus. As dusk descends, clusters of delicate lavender-blue flowers amplify their glow, erupting from tall, graceful stems early in spring and continuing through fall.
- Effortlessly infuse white hues that shine at night with Delta Moonlight™ Crapemyrtle. By planting this small tree near a patio or seating area, you’ll routinely bask in its ethereal glow.
- ‘Sterling Moon’ Lunar Lights™ Begonia is a star in its own right and will transform the garden into a shimmering lunar oasis. Puckered leaves, dusted with silver and mint-green flecks, capture the moonlight’s essence and radiate in the evening shadows.
Unusual Foliage
Like a discovery from another world, you’ve never seen foliage like this before!
- The fiery glow of Safari Sunrise Aloe‘s summer to mid-winter blooms contrasts against spiky leaves that will add an exquisite touch of wild elegance to accents, borders, and rock gardens.
- Dragon Prince™ Cryptomeria is a textural masterpiece with stiff, layered evergreen foliage that fills its naturally rounded form.
- A living tower of succulent beauty, Skyscraper® Senecio takes center stage, boasting fleshy blue-green leaves that stack gracefully. Forget organic curves and create an effortless unusual allure for containers, borders, and slopes with this showstopping succulent.
Take your landscape even further into the future by incorporating space-age accessories such as brightly colored lighting, glowing orbs, and starburst lights. Transcend the earthly bounds of your garden by offering a glimpse into the botanical future with supernatural plants.
