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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Fern In A Hanging Container: Care Of Ferns In Hanging Baskets
Ferns in hanging baskets are charming, and growing ferns in hanging containers outdoors is common over summer. Click here for tips on growing hanging ferns.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Overdam Feather Reed Grass Info: How To Grow Overdam Grass In The Landscape
Overdam feather reed grass is a cool-season, ornamental clumping grass with attractive, variegated blades of bright green striped with white streaks. Click here to learn more about how to grow Overdam grass and how to care for feather reed grass Overdam plants.
By Liz Baessler
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Gracillimus Maiden Grass Info – What Is Gracillimus Maiden Grass
Gracillimus maiden grass is a tall ornamental grass with narrow, arching leaves that bow gracefully in the breeze. It dazzles as a focal point, in large groupings, as a hedge, or in the back of a flower bed. Interested in growing this grass? Click here for tips and information.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Morning Light Maiden Grass Care: Growing Maiden Grass ‘Morning Light’
With so many varieties of ornamental grasses on the market, it can be difficult to determine which one is best for your site and needs. In this article, we will discuss Morning Light ornamental grass. Click here to learn how to grow this maiden grass.
By Darcy Larum
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What is Eldorado Grass: Learn About Growing Eldorado Feather Reed Grass
Eldorado grass is a stunning ornamental grass with narrow, gold-striped leaves. Feathery pale purple plumes rise above the plant in midsummer, turning a rich wheat color in fall and into winter. Looking for more Eldorado feather reed grass information? Click here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Big Bend Yucca Care – How To Grow Big Bend Yucca Plants
Big Bend yucca is a tree-like type of yucca with blue-green, lance-shaped leaves and tall, bell-shaped blooms that rise above the plant in summer. Big Bend yucca plants are easy to grow in USDA plant hardiness zones 5-10. Learn how to grow this yucca here.
By Mary H. Dyer
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Treating Bugleweeds: Learn How To Control Ajuga Plants
Ajuga tends to escape its boundaries and invades flower beds and lawns if it isn't carefully contained. Ajuga weed control is tricky and especially challenging in lawns. This article has more information about getting rid of bugleweed.
By Mary H. Dyer
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How To Care For A Tropical Mother Fern Indoors
Mother fern is a fern native to New Zealand sold as a common indoor houseplant. Click the following for information on mother fern indoor care and propagation.
By Amy Grant
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How To Grow Purple Needlegrass: A Guide To Purple Needlegrass Care
California named purple needlegrass as their state grass because of its important history. What is purple needlegrass? Click this article for more purple needlegrass info, as well as tips on how to grow purple needlegrass.
By Darcy Larum
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Korean Feather Reed Grass Info – Learn How To Grow Korean Reed Grass
For a real jaw dropper, try growing Korean feather grass. This narrow clumping plant has architectural appeal combined with soft, romantic movement via its flower-like plumes. If your interest is piqued, click here for more Korean feather reed grass info.
By Bonnie L. Grant
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What Is Bottlebrush Grass – How To Grow Bottlebrush Grass Plants
Ornamental grasses are popular in gardening because they are easy to grow and provide a unique look you can't achieve with flowers and annuals. Growing bottlebrush grass is a great choice for a perennial grass with a very distinctive look. Learn more here.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Coontie Arrowroot Care – Tips On Growing Coontie Plants
Zamia coontie, or just coontie, is a native Floridian that produces long, palm-like leaves and no flowers. Growing coontie is not difficult if you have the right spot for it and a warm climate. Learn more about coontie plants in this article.
By Mary Ellen Ellis
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Beaked Yucca Care – How To Grow A Beaked Blue Yucca Plant
According to beaked yucca plant information, it is a succulent, cactus-like evergreen shrub popular as a landscape plant in the southwestern United States. If you want to learn more about how to grow a beaked blue yucca, this article will help.
By Teo Spengler
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Winter Papyrus Care – Tips For Overwintering Papyrus Plants
Papyrus is a vigorous plant suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones 9 through 11, but overwintering papyrus plants is critical during the winter months in more northern climates. Learn more about winter papyrus care in this article.
By Nikki Tilley
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My Staghorn Fern Is Turning Yellow: How To Treat A Yellow Staghorn Fern
"My staghorn fern is turning yellow. What should I do?" Staghorn ferns are some of the most unusual-looking plants home gardeners can grow. They can also be expensive, so it's important to catch any problems early. Lean about fixing yellowing staghorns here.
By Ilana Goldowitz Jimenez
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Growing Banana Fed Staghorns: How To Use Bananas To Feed A Staghorn Fern
In the case of the staghorn fern, adding whole banana peels is just as effective as composting them first. You can ?feed? a whole peel or even a whole banana to the plant by placing it on top of the plant, among its fronds. Learn more in this article.
By Ilana Goldowitz Jimenez
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Fountain Grass Trimming – How To Treat Brown Tips On Fountain Grass
Fountain grass plants are easy to grow and generally unfussy, but occasional brown tips on fountain grass can be a clue to incorrect site conditions, cultural care or simply a natural process. There are several browning fountain grass causes, so click here for more info.
By Bonnie L. Grant