Lets see those large leaved plants....

I love large leaved plants but due to space we only have a few in our yard. But I would love to see yours. Here is one of my favorites. The Big leafed Golden Sunray Ligulara. It sends up golden yellow flowers in the summer. I love its form.

This is another of the favorites for the larger leaves of course the Oak leaf hydrangea.... Nothing else to say. lol

Of course the hostas if you have shade of course you have hostas I dont know this ones technical name but I do love them..... I like the flowers when they blossom, oh yes thats our Goats Beard in the back.

I got this plant from our neighbor its some kind of rhubarb (non eatable) Thats fine with me but I do love the leaves. It spreads pretty fast I just planted this last summer and its doubled its size already.

These are our Jack in The Pulpits they are very large this year. I just moved them here last fall they seem to like the more filtered sun in this spot Im very happy with them.

Bear's breeches is a good one.

Fatsia japonica, which is one of my favorites, has nice large leaves.

Here are a couple of ligularias and a farfugium 'Argentea' (that's the variegated one)

Everyone has posted such a wonderful selection of photos of plants and gardens.
doss,
That is a beautiful garden. Nice choice of plants for variety of foliage texture and color. The farfugium "Argentea" caught my eye, is it easy to grow?
I never thought of growing large leaf plants before but I do have a few nice Heuchera Autumn Bride that might qualify.

Argentea is easy to grow - it's evergreen. It's only hardy to zone 7 but Big Dipper Farm has the Aureomaculatum (yellow spotted) one hardy to zone 5.
http://www.bigdipperfarm.com/cgi-bin/searchstuff.pl?Botanical=Farfugium
I have that one too and I love it. It will grow in the dark.

thanks for the photos I dont have to many large leafs. but they are nice foliage. and add texture. and layers. usually not to many flowers. Ronna

Your big hosta could be Elegans. I have one and it has big white flowers on it now.

Cynthia~Loved both of your pics, very interesting plants, great textural interest. Who needs blooms with plants like these? :0)

cynthia are the fatsias only hardy to zone 7b? I really like the look of the foiage are they a shade plant? kinda looks like you have it in shade. Ronna

Sorry it took so long to repond. My fatsia is in full shade. All the sites I have looked at says no lower than 7a.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1714/

thanks boy do I ever like it, it must be some kind of ligulara? I have two of them. But Im in the wrong zone for those. I do like them.

Doss: I love your garden! Every time I see it, I get inspired to try harder.
Well, these are pretty big leaves, I suppose. Colocasia Ilustris seems happy this summer. It's crowding itself out!
:-)
Deb

Fatsia Japonica, but diff. variety. (Cynthia, yours is gorgeous btw.)
Deb

Great plants Deb and great photos of them too. REally beautiful. Those are two plants that I don't have in my garden.

I also love large leaved plants; they give that feeling of lush humid primeval forests.
I ad one to the beauties mentioned above; Darmera peltata. Mine is growing in half shade on the edge of my pond. Its have lovely pink flowers in early spring.
A picture before it was half destroyed by a nasty hail storm a couple of weeks ago. Sniff....

its pretty flowers;

Here is another large leaf plant I dont see mentioned:

Rodgersia

Mine is 4-5 yrs old and flowered this year for the first time - pretty slow grower but lovely.

Ornamental Rhubarb is another huge one.

Oops that was the right plant but not the right picture!

Here it is in full bloom.

Love that ornamental rhubarb. This is the same area as the one I posted before but the ligularia is in bloom. There is a hosta Plantaginea blooming here too but the white blooms didn't get picked up very well in the photo.

yes and heres a photo of my ligulara this year. I like it alot. this year ive noticed the butterflies all over it also. dont know why i never noticed it before. fancy van is the rodgersia hardy to zone 5? i really like it alot. ill have to look it up on plant files. does it produce any seeds? hint hint... Ronna

Beautiful butterfly photo.

gardenlady123, Rodgersia is hardy to at least Zone 4 and if fancy van is growing it in Zone 3 you shouldn't have any problem. I actually brought one from Virginia to plant in my in-law's garden on the lake in Charlevoix, MI and it's doing better there than it did here in Zone 6! It's been a slow grower for me but well worth the wait.

And that is Canadian Zone 3 ( we have a slightly different zone map up here - used to be 2B on the old map) so yes you should be able to grow it in your area!

Oh Rona I just cut the seed heads off today! I dont collect seeds from most things so I forgot that maybe others would like them. But the plant is so darn slow to mature I cant imagine how long it would take from seed!

I am one of those who likes to buy my plants big! Dont have the patience or the space for seeds.

thank you fancyvan but you dont have to im kinda like you and want instant gratification. when i plant some thing i at least want to see what ive planted but thanks for the info both you and rcn48. Ronna

well i was just on plant scout i had no idea of the vast many rodgersias out there!!!! they are all so beautiful. i really really want some the cheapest one i saw was just 7.00 thats not so bad huh? i may just order a couple it says part shade but i dappled the same? i have a spot in the dappled area....

duh i just got a closer look at a plant on plant files and i already have on of those they are also called saxafras or something like that? i really like it, it gets some very beautiful pink flowers in the spring with waxy leaves. sound right?

Dappled shade should be fine.

I planted Fireworks this summer - now I think I need to look for the Chocolate one!

i can not believe i didnt post a photo of my oramental rhubarb. i got it from my neighbor and love it. it does kinda spread pretty fast. as you can see i have a little problem with slugs this year. but im doing the beer in a cup thing and its really working. ive caught many of the crawling snackers.

and another photo of my ligulara. only cause they are my fav large leaf plant. Ronna

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Doss,
It is an elephant ear, but I don't know the cultivar. I found it at a local nursery. I looked in plant files and did not see one like it...

Haven't got a picture yet but I bought a Ligularia Britt Marie last night! Should be stunning next year!

It's too bad that you don't know the name of your elephant ear. It's such a nice one.

You will love your Britt Marie.
Here's ligularia palmitaloba. It is struggling but I have it planted under a walnut tree.