silvery-green

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silvery-green - of something having a color that is a light shiny green

silver-green

chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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It also has silvery-green variegated foliage but produces yellow flowers in June.

Ground covers reduce time spent weeding the flower garden

Hidcote, the best-loved variety, has violet-blue flowers and fragrant silvery-green foliage, reaching 45cm in height and spread.

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Helichrysum petiolare brings a soft texture with its silvery-green leaves, a cool foil to the hotter plants.

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Once lined with the gnarled trunks and silvery-green foliage of olive trees, the area has been stripped nearly bare.

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Checkered Lily: Fun flower with nodding, bell-shaped blossoms on silvery-green foliage that is deer resistant.

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The flowers have now finished but it has very appealing foliage: silvery-green edged with fresh cream and now tinged with a fiery pink.

Now is the time to think about autumn; GARDENDIARY

They are a delicate silvery-green and are furry to the touch.

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IF you have a taste for the unusual, check out the snake-bark maples, which have silvery-green striations on their trunks reminiscent of a snake.

GARDENING: Bark to basics; Many trees and shrubs are at their best in winter. Stripped of foliage, striking features such as delicate traceries of twigs and beautifully-patterned barks can stand out. Here are some irresistible examples to check out.

Silver leaf disease attacks cherries and plum trees and is very easy to spot, as pale silvery-green leaves appear on some branches and then the branch dies.

Gardening: Week in Erddig; Glyn Smith is National Trust head gardener at Erddig Hall, Wrexham

Based on its research for 2007-2009, PPG reports that in the blue family, there will be a move to soft, silvery-green shades and bright techno shades of aquamarine.

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However, the nearby resort of Kala Nera - it means good waters - is just three kilometres away, and takes about an hour to reach on foot, through silvery-green olive groves and along beach paths.