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Gardenality.com's Answer · Hi Rich,
Winter hardy Annual plants that provide color in Zone 8b:
- Pansies
- Violas
- Flowering Cabbage or Kale
- Snapdragons
- Stock
- Silver Licorice
- Dusty Miller
*Annual plants will survive for one season only. Temperatures above 80 will kill most of the above listed plants.
Winter hardy evergreen Shrubs that provide winter color:
- Abelia... Best selections are: kaleidoscope, Confetti, Rose Creek, Mardi Gras
- Nandina... Best selections are: Firepower, Flirt, Obsession, Moon Bay, Blush Pink, Gulf Stream
- Winter Daphne
- Rosemary
- Berry producing Hollies
- Colorgaurd Yucca
- Edgeworthia
- Loropetalum
- Golshiki Osmanthus
- Camellia
- Soft Caress Mahonia
- Carolina Jessamine
- Golden Euonymous
And a host of other variegated foliage plants. Variegated meaning bi-color or multi color foliage.
Hope this helps you out.
Brooks Wilson)