• Some leaves give fall color all summer long.golden fall leaves image by Jorge Moro from Fotolia.com
  
  When landscaping your yard, you may first consider what kind of flowers to plant to add color, but don't forget the foliage. Not only do many deciduous plants give you bright autumn foliage, leaves grow in every shade of green imaginable as well as blue, silver, shades of purple and variegated in all of the above. Contrast colors as well as sizes and textures of foliage. For long-lasting color in your garden, landscape with leaves in mind.
  
  

Coral Bells

• Coral bells have delicate flowers in the summer.Heuchera image by Cambo from Fotolia.com
  
  Coral bells is an evergreen perennial with a low-mounding growing habit. Although this plant produces small white, pink or even tan flowers in the summer, it's the leaves that make it a show stopper. From deep purple to chartreuse, coral bells, or heuchera, leaves brighten up your garden. This North American native grows in partial to full sun, depending on the cultivar. Coral bells are adaptable to many soil conditions but need regular watering and well-drained soil, according to the University of Illinois. This plant grows in United States Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 4 through 9.
  
  

Flax

• Flax can be grown in the garden or a container.feature garden image by Tom Curtis from Fotolia.com
  
  With it's long, arching swordlike leaves, flax provides not only interesting color, but also shape to the garden. This evergreen prefers full sun and well-drained soil. Flax is deer resistant and grows in diverse sizes and colors in USDA hardiness zones 8 through 11. Bronze New Zealand flax boasts deep purple-bronze leaves and grows 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Evening glow New Zealand flax boasts deep red leaves with darker, almost purple edges and grows to 3 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Growing only to 2 feet tall and wide, dwarf variegated New Zealand flax has cream-and-green-striped leaves.
  
  

Sedum

• Many sedum also produce beautiful flowers.Sedum image by Kimberly Wickerink from Fotolia.com
  
  Sedum or stonecrop is a succulent ground cover with foliage ranging between the pale greenish-yellow of Gold Moss sedum, the bluish-green of Blue Spruce, and the reddish-green leaves of Vera Jameson. Sedum grows in partial to full sun and tolerates poor soil in USDA hardiness zones 3 through 11. These herbaceous plants spread quickly and are suitable for low-water gardens, rock gardens or containers. Sedum plants also bear flowers ranging in color from yellow to a deep rusty-red from late spring into fall.