The feathery tops of papyrus canes are gorgeous, as are the mahogany bases of the warm-weather stems.  In Winter, those stems are brighter still:  Lobster red.   

Two snows into Winter, and this bizarre Ajuga still hasn't flinched.  Crinkly purple foliage is particularly evergreen.  Who knew?

This evergreen shrublet is the oddball even among its cohort of weirdos, the adult ivies.   So, of course, I had to plant lots of it.