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Few foliage plants can show off like coleus, which offers intricate and stunning color patterns on its shapely leaves.
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Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2024
Create container gardens with foliage plants to use as accents.
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—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
Unlike many other colorful foliage plants, dianella thrives under the same growing conditions as rosemary and other herbs.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 June 2024
The most widely available variety of this foliage plant has leaves with olive and silver striping on top and purplish maroon underneath.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
This fun foliage plant gets its common name from its arching, threadlike, grassy leaves resembling fiber optic wire.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
In bright light, this foliage plant offers small creamy-white flowers along with its waffle-like foliage.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
Consider using foliage plants for shady landscape sites.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
Fill this planter with flowers, herbs, or foliage plants and use it to lend privacy to a deck or patio.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 July 2024
Create container gardens with foliage plants to use as accents.
78.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
Unlike many other colorful foliage plants, dianella thrives under the same growing conditions as rosemary and other herbs.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 June 2024
The most widely available variety of this foliage plant has leaves with olive and silver striping on top and purplish maroon underneath.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
This fun foliage plant gets its common name from its arching, threadlike, grassy leaves resembling fiber optic wire.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
In bright light, this foliage plant offers small creamy-white flowers along with its waffle-like foliage.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
Consider using foliage plants for shady landscape sites.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
Fill this planter with flowers, herbs, or foliage plants and use it to lend privacy to a deck or patio.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
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“Foliage plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foliage%20plant. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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