Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' (PP15815, COPF)
BUGLEWEED
- Dark crinkled leaves appear almost black
- Blue flower spikes
- Oversized foliage, very low and mat-forming habit
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 15-25 cm
Andropogon gerardii 'Blackhawks' (PP27949, EUPBRAF)
BLACKHAWKS BIG BLUE STEM
- Dense, slightly arching clump of deep green leaves
- Foliage turns to purple in the summer, and almost black in autumn
- Seed heads start to appear in late summer and persist through fall
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Aster lateriflorus 'Lady in Black'
CALICO ASTER
- AKA Symphyotrichum lateriflorum 'Lady in Black'
- Masses of tiny white flowers with raspberry-coloured centres
- Purplish-black foliage is attractive all season
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm

Cercis canadensis Black Pearl ('JN16') (PP28627)
BLACK PEARL REDBUD
- A dark-leaved selection with lavender-pink blooms
- Mature plants will reach up to 20' tall with a 25' wide canopy
- Heart-shaped leaves will retain dark maroon color through summer
HEIGHT: 15-20 ft · SPREAD: 20-25 ft
Chelone glabra 'Black Ace'
WHITE TURTLEHEAD
- Foliage emerges in the spring with a very dark cast
- Leaves turn green as the summer progresses
- White flowers are hooded and look similar to snapdragons
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Cimicifuga ramosa 'Black Negligee'
PURPLE-LEAF BUGBANE
- AKA Actaea ramosa 'Black Negligee'
- Fragrant, purple-tinted, white panicles of florets, project upwards to about 125 cm
- Deeply cut, dark purplish-black leaves; one of the darkest foliage in the genus
HEIGHT: 80-125 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Cimicifuga ramosa 'Hillside Black Beauty' (PP9988, COPF)
PURPLE-LEAF BUGBANE
- AKA Actaea ramosa 'Hillside Black Beauty' or Actaea simplex 'Hillside Black Beauty'
- Abundant panicles of white florets
- Flowers appear midsummer to mid-fall
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Cimicifuga ramosa 'Pink Spike'
PURPLE-LEAF BUGBANE
- AKA Actaea ramosa 'Pink Spike' or Actaea simplex 'Pink Spike'
- Long panicles of pink florets
- Dark bronze-purple foliage with compound, ternate, sharp-toothed leaves
HEIGHT: 80-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Cimicifuga x 'Chocoholic' (PP24821)
PURPLE-LEAF BUGBANE
- Long panicles of pink florets mature to white
- Dark bronze-purple foliage with compound, ternate, sharp-toothed leaves
- Excellent in mass, but also as a specimen
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Clematis recta Serious Black™ ('Lime Close')
SERIOUS BLACK™ CLEMATIS
- Flower Colour: Fragrant white flowers in large airy clusters
- Flower Size: 3 cm
- Bloom Time: All summer
HEIGHT: 6 m · SPREAD: 1 m
Diervilla x Kodiak® Black ('SMNDRSF') (PP27550, CPBRAF)
KODIAK® BLACK BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Intense burgundy-black leaves
- Full-shade tolerant, but leaf colour is more intense in sun or partial shade
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Diervilla x Kodiak® Jet Black ('SMNDSN') (PPAF, CPBRAF)
KODIAK JET® BLACK BUSH HONEYSUCKLE
- Proven Winners
- Intense burgundy-black leaves
- Full-shade tolerant, but leaf colour is more intense in sun or partial shade
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Geranium pratense 'Black Beauty' (PP12648)
BLACK BEAUTY GERANIUM
- Masses of periwinkle-blue flowers
- Almost black, deeply-lobed foliage
- Dark foliage lasts throughout the season
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Geranium pratense 'Boom Chocolatta' (PP32025)
GERANIUM
- Dark-bronze leaves with an upright habit
- Blue-purple flowers
- Foliage turns red in the fall
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 70-80 cm
Geranium pratense 'Dark Reiter'
DARK LORD GERANIUM
- Masses of vibrant blue flowers
- Compact plum-black deeply-lobed foliage
- Dark foliage lasts throughout the season
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 30-35 cm
Geranium sessiliflorum 'Nigricans'
DWARF BLACK CRANESBILL
- Small cup-shaped white flowers
- Flowers appear throughout or just above the foliage
- Coppery-black small lobed leaves
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Heuchera x 'Black Beauty' (PP13288, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- Upright stems with panicles of small white flowers
- Ruffled glossy dark red-black pointed leaves
- Leaves have a more upright-mounding habit than most heuchera cultivars
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Heuchera x 'Black Pearl' (PP29395, CPBR5724)
CORAL BELLS
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Dense, compact habit
- Glossy jet black leaves with scalloped, ruffled edges
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Heuchera x 'Blackberry Crisp' (PP22914, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- Upright stems with panicles of small white flowers
- Dense mound of deep purple to purple-black foliage
- Leaves have a tight, crinkled margin
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Heuchera x 'Blackberry Ice' (PP26788, CPBR5099)
CORAL BELLS
- Proven Winners™ Color Choice®
- Upright stems with panicles of small creamy-white flowers
- Purple foliage with a silver overlay and black veining
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Heuchera x 'Blackout' (PP20613)
CORAL BELLS
- Upright stems with panicles of small creamy-white flowers
- Glossy near-black leaves with perfectly rounded lobes
- Compact, mounding habit
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Heuchera x 'Obsidian' (PP14836, COPF)
CORAL BELLS
- Insignificant white flowers
- Glossy near-black foliage with deep purple undersides
- Flat smooth rounded leaves form a tight compact mound
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Heuchera x 'Silver Gumdrop' (PPAF, CPBRAF)
CORAL BELLS
- Proven Winners™ Color Choice®
- Vibrant pink flowers
- Semi-glossy purple foliage with a silver overlay and black veining
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Heuchera x 'Wildberry' (USPPAF 31,222, Can PBRAF)
CORAL BELLS
- Proven Winners™ Color Choice®
- Compact mounding habit
- Large ruffled leaves are purple with dark veining
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Hibiscus x 'Starry Starry Night' (PP27901)
ROSE MALLOW
- Pale pink flowers with darker pink speckling and veining
- Flowers produced from top to bottom of the plant
- Blooms contrast nicely with the dark lobed leaves
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Hibiscus x 'Summerific® Edge of Night' (PPAF)
ROSE MALLOW
- Large bubblegum-pink flowers with darker pink veining
- Large heart-shaped jet-black leaves
- Compact habit
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Hosta 'Coal Miner'
PLANTAIN LILY
- Dark blue-green foliage
- Leaves turn blackish-blue by midsummer
- Near-white flowers
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'
BLACK BRASS BUTTONS
- AKA Cotula squalida 'Platt's Black'
- Small insignificant green flowers
- Purple-black foliage with green tips
HEIGHT: 5-7 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Ligularia dentata 'Britt-Marie Crawford' (PP16113)
BIGLEAF LIGULARIA
- AKA Senecio clivorum 'Britt-Marie Crawford'
- Orange-gold daisy-like flowers in loose clusters on dark stems
- Thick purple-black slightly wavy leaves with purple undersides
HEIGHT: 100-110 cm · SPREAD: 80-90 cm
Ligularia dentata 'King Kong' (PP29461)
BIGLEAF LIGULARIA
- Orange-gold daisy-like flowers form loose clusters on dark stems
- Large glossy purple-black leaves
- The slightly wavy leaves have bright purple undersides
HEIGHT: 100-110 cm · SPREAD: 80-90 cm
Ligularia dentata 'Pandora'
PANDORA DWARF GOLDEN RAY
- Dwarf, compact habit
- Leaves emerge dark wine-red to chocolate brown
- Glossy foliage matures to deep-olive green by midsummer
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
BLACK MONDO GRASS
- AKA Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Arabicus.'
- Small light pink blooms
- Flowers lead to dark blue berries that persist into the winter
HEIGHT: 10-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Physocarpus opulifolius Panther® ('N5') (PP30820, CPBRAF)
PANTHER® NINEBARK
- Flat-topped clusters of pink flowers
- Fruit reddish in the fall, maturing to brown
- Very dark purple textured leaves age reddish as the summer progresses
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Sambucus nigra Laced Up® ('SNR1292') (PP29051, CPBRAF)
LACED UP® ELDERBERRY
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Formerly known as Strait Laced® elderberry
- Narrow upright form
HEIGHT: 250-275 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm

Sedum hybridum 'Back in Black' (PP33632 CPBRAF)
BACK IN BLACK STONECROP
- Upright with deep purple almost black leaves
- Deep red flower centres with cream petals - an excellent contrast to foliage
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 65-75 cm
Thuja occidentalis 'Spiralis'
'SPIRAL' CEDAR
- Upright, conical to pyramidal habit
- Dark green-blue foliage grows in short, spirally-arranged branches
- A good cultivar for small group plantings
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Tiarella x 'Happy Trails' (PP21933, COPF)
FOAM FLOWER
- Rhizomatous perennial vigorously spreads by trailing stolons
- Heart-shaped leaves with lobed margins
- Leaves develop distinct black markings along the veins
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Tiarella x 'Iron Butterfly' (PP12396, COPF)
FOAM FLOWER
- Compact clump forming perennial with a non-trailing form
- Deeply lobed leaves are dark green with black central blotches and veining
- Pink buds open to tiny star-shaped soft pink flowers on spike-like racemes
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-35 cm
Tiarella x 'Neon Lights' (PP13289)
FOAM FLOWER
- Compact clump forming perennial with a non-trailing form
- Huge palmate leaves are dark green with black central blotches and veining
- Pink buds open to tiny soft pink star-shaped flowers forming spike-like racemes
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 50-55 cm
Tiarella x 'Spring Symphony' (PP12397, COPF)
FOAM FLOWER
- Compact clump forming habit with a non-trailing form
- Deeply cut green foliage with a black colour along the midrib
- Spiked pink buds open to tiny star-shaped pale pink flowers
HEIGHT: 15-17 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm