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foliage plant

noun

  1. any plant grown chiefly for its attractive leaves.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of foliage plant1

First recorded in 1860–65
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You’ll find the rest of this year’s Fashion Foliage plant picks on the inside front and back cover of this magazine.

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Not all of them have to be high-octane bloomers; one might be a foliage plant such as coleus or sweet potato vine, though they would need periodic trimming to keep them in shape.

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I later came to see that the gardener needs to plant it in groups for the floral effect and that moreover, brunnera is best grown as a foliage plant in partial shade, much as you would a hosta.

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The house was built on the line of the street—a solid front—but the interior rooms faced a court yard, filled with the most exquisite foliage plant and palms like forest trees.

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A handsome evergreen foliage plant, said to grow to a height of 100 feet in its native habitat.

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