Abstract:In order to master the species, ornamental characteristics and application status of color-leafed plants in Maoming City, a detailed investigation is carried out on the main park green space, road green space and unit attached green space. The results show that there are 75 species of color-leafed plants belonging to 61 genera and 41 families in the urban green space of Maoming City, mainly Myrtle, Euphorbiaceae, Araceae, Liliaceae, Moraceae and elaeodaceae. There are 31 species of arbors, 21 species of shrubs and 23 species of herbs, accounting for 41.33%, 28.00% and 30.67% respectively. Among them, there are 19 species of new leaf colored plants, 18 species of old leaf colored plants, 20 species of variegated plants, 14 species of constant color plants and 4 species of double color plants. On the basis of investigation and research, it is proposed that the number of common color-leafed plant species should be increased in Maoming City, the application configuration should be optimized, the maintenance management should be strengthened, and the development of native color-leafed plants should be strengthened.