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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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
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Wood Fern Care: Planting Wood Ferns In The Garden
Wood fern (Dryopteris erythrosora) is found within the largest genus of ferns with more than 200 species at home in damp, wooded areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Click the following article to learn more about adding these fantastic fern plants to the garden.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Curved Leaf Yucca Growing: How To Grow Curved Leaf Yucca Plants
Unlike some yucca species, curved leaf yucca can grow in relatively cool and wet regions. A curved leaf yucca growing in a courtyard or a rock garden adds a decorative touch. Want to learn more about growing this plant? This article can help with that.
By Ilana Goldowitz Jimenez
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Butterflies That Eat Cycads: Learn About Cycad Blue Butterfly Damage
One of the oldest plants that exist is that of the cycad. These plants may live for hundreds of years: however, more recently they have fallen victim to the blue cycad butterfly. To learn about this butterfly invasion on cycads and prevention tips, click here.
By Teo Spengler
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Creeping Fig On A Wall – How To Get Creeping Fig To Climb
If attaching creeping fig to a wall is your desire, the first year of growth can be slow, so have patience. You can also use a few tricks found here.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Autumn Fern Care: How To Grow Autumn Ferns In The Garden
Autumn ferns in the garden offer beauty throughout the growing season, emerging coppery red in spring, eventually maturing to a bright, glossy, kelly green by summer. Learn how to grow autumn ferns using the information provided in the following article.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Creeping Fig Plant - Tips For Creeping Fig Care
Creeping fig vine is a popular ground and wall cover in warmer parts of the country and a lovely houseplant in cooler areas. Creeping fig plant makes a wonderful addition to the home and the garden. Learn about here.
By Heather Rhoades
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How To Propagate Coleus From Seed Or Cuttings
The shade loving coleus is a favorite among shade and container gardeners. Many gardeners wonder if coleus propagation can be done at home. The answer is, yes, and this article will help.
By Heather Rhoades
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How To Kill Bamboo Plants And Control Bamboo Spread
A homeowner who has had bamboo thrust upon them by a careless neighbor or a previous homeowner knows that trying to get rid of bamboo can be a nightmare. Get help with eliminating bamboo in this article.
By Heather Rhoades
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Dividing Maidenhair Grass: When And How To Divide Maiden Grass
Dividing maidenhair grass keeps it to a maintainable size, increases the number of these plants, and prevents center die-back. Learn when to divide maiden grass and some tips on how to split apart the larger specimens in this article.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Fountain Grass Turning White: My Fountain Grass Is Bleaching Out
Near the end of the season, you may find your fountain grass turning white, bleached, and unappealing. What is happening? Is there some sort of terrible fountain grass problem? Find the answers in this article. Click here for more info.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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Castor Bean Information - Planting Instructions For Castor Beans
Castor bean plants, which are not beans at all, are commonly grown in the garden for their striking foliage as well as shade cover. Learn more about this interesting plant in the article that follows.
By Susan Patterson
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What Is Bushy Beardgrass – How To Plant Bushy Bluestem Seed
Bushy bluestem grass (Andropogon glomeratus) is a long-stemmed perennial and native prairie grass in Florida up into South Carolina. It is found in swampy areas around ponds and streams and grows in low flatland areas. Learn more about the plant here.
By Becca Badgett
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What Is Bluebunch Wheatgrass: Bluebunch Wheatgrass Care And Information
Ranchers in the northwestern states graze their cattle on a number of grasses, among these include bluebunch wheatgrass. And, no, this isn't the wheatgrass you drink at a health spa. So, what is bluebunch wheatgrass? Click this article to learn more.
By Amy Grant