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Plant List: Foliage Plants

Close up shot of mosiac prayer plant leaf

Just because a plant doesn’t produce showy blossoms doesn’t mean it’s not worth growing. Here are some plants with colorful or unique leaves and other features.

  • Artemisia
  • Asiatic Jasmine
  • Australian Tree Fern
  • Bamboo Muhly
  • Birds Nest Fern
  • Caladiums
  • Cast Iron Plant
  • Clumping Bamboo
  • Coleus
  • Creeping Fig
  • Croton
  • Dusty Miller
  • Dykia
  • Echeveria
  • Elephant Ears
  • Epiphytes
  • Fakahatchee Grass
  • Farfugium
  • Fatsia Japonica
  • Ferns
  • Flax Lily
  • Scented Geraniums
  • Holly Fern
  • Junipers
  • Lovegrass
  • Maiden Grass
  • Muhly Grass
  • Ornamental Grasses
  • Ornamental Sweet Potato
  • Papyrus
  • Peacock Ginger
  • Persian Shield
  • Plumbago
  • Purple Fountain Grass
  • Resurrection Fern
  • River Oats
  • Sedums
  • Southern Shield Fern
  • Staghorn Fern
  • Yucca

Of Interest

  • Agave, Cacti and Succulents
  • Border Grasses
  • Groundcovers
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