Foliage
While flowering plants are the centerpiece of gardens, foliage plants can offer unique interest too. Foliage gardens can stand alone or accent your favorite flowers. Caring for foliage plants is no different than most other garden flora, but it helps to know about their basic needs, especially with the number of foliage plants and types of ornamental grass available. Keep reading for information on growing foliage plants and grasses in the garden, including specifics on individual plant types and ornamental grass care.
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What Is Feather Reed Grass: Tips For Growing Feather Reed Grass
Ornamental grasses provide amazing texture, motion and architecture to the landscape. Feather reed ornamental grasses are excellent vertical interest plants. What is feather reed grass? Find out here.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Figwort Plant Information: Guide To Growing Figworts In Your Garden
Perennials native to North America, Europe, and Asia, figwort herb plants tend not to be showy, and are thus uncommon in the average garden. That said, figwort plant uses are many, one of the reasons why gardeners may choose to grow them. Learn more here.
By Gardening Know How
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What Is Sweet Vernal Grass: Learn About Sweet Vernal In Landscapes
The aromatic scent of sweet vernal grass makes it an excellent choice for dried flower arrangements or potpourri. It has been known to retain its scent for years. But because of its aggressive nature, you have to be careful how you grow it. Learn more in this article.
By Gardening Know How
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Staghorn Fern Fertilizer – When To Feed Staghorn Ferns
If you have a staghorn fern, you have one of the most interesting plants available. Knowing how to fertilize a staghorn is task that requires timing and some know how. This article provides some tips on the correct staghorn fern fertilizer.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Mounting Staghorn Ferns: Learn About Staghorn Fern Mounting Materials
The staghorn fern is an unusual and attractive epiphyte, or air plant, that thrives in the tropics. This means they don't need soil to grow, so to showcase them beautifully, mounting staghorn ferns is a great choice. This article will help with that.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Learn About The Oldest Potted Plant In The World
If you can’t see the world’s oldest Cycad, you can grow a Sago Palm at hone instead. Read on to learn more.
By Laura Miller
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What Is Gamagrass – How To Plant Eastern Gamagrass Seed
Eastern gamagrass plants are native to the eastern U.S. As a grass for forage or hay, it is highly productive and easy to grow.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Add A Pop Of Red To Your Garden Bed - 5 Plants With Fabulous Red Foliage
There are plenty of red foliage perennials and shrubs to use as accents or primary pops of color in the garden. Read on for our top 5.
By Amy Grant
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Fabulous Flowering Plants With Variegated Leaves
Gardeners often choose variegated leaves when they don't have flowers. But why not have both? These variegated flowering plants do.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Dark Green Foliage For Flower Arrangements
The creation of your own fresh flower arrangement is a fun and exciting garden project. Click here to learn about common foliage options for flower arrangements.
By Tonya Barnett
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Pipsissewa Plant Info: Uses And Care Of Pipsissewa In The Garden
Also known as striped and spotted wintergreen, Pipsissewa is a low-growing woodland plant that isn't difficult to grow. In fact, the care of Pipssisewa plants is simple. Read this article for more Pipsissewa plant information.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Dividing Hosta Plants – When Should Hostas Be Divided
Dividing hosta plants is an easy way to maintain their size and shape, to propagate new plants for other areas of the garden, and to remove dead portions of the plant and to make it look nicer. Dividing is easy, once you know how to do it. This article will help.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Deer Fern Information: How To Grow A Blechnum Deer Fern
Ferns are adaptable plants able to thrive in nearly any growing zone. One type of fern, called the deer fern, is especially adapted to growth in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Learn more about growing this fern in the following article.
By Tonya Barnett
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Growing Southernwood: Care And Uses For Southernwood Herb Plant
One of the lesser-known herbs, or rather underutilized in some regions, is the southernwood herb plant, also known as southernwood Artemisia. Learn more about this plant in the article that follows.
By Amy Grant
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Hart's Tongue Fern Care: Tips On Growing A Hart's Tongue Fern Plant
Growing a hart's tongue fern in the landscape is an attractive notion, but harvesting the native plants will only further deplete their territory and help eradicate them from native environs. Learn more about hart's tongue fern care in this article.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Psyllium Plant Information – Learn About Desert Indianwheat Plants
Psyllium is in the plantain family. Also known as Desert Indianwheat plants, their stiff little flower spikes develop into sheaves of seeds much like the wheat plant. Click on the following article to learn more about Psyllium Indianwheat plants.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Oak Fern Information: How To Care For Oak Fern Plants
Oak fern plants are perfect for spots in the garden that are hard to fill in. Extremely cold hardy and shade tolerant, these ferns have a surprisingly bright and airy look that can work wonders with dark spots in short summers. Learn more in this article.
By Liz Baessler