: a plant grown primarily for its decorative foliage
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Compact varieties of common foliage plants maintain gorgeous forms without pruning, while mess-free flowering shrubs provide all the beauty of their higher-maintenance counterparts.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2025 Divide clump-forming foliage plants like spathiphyllum and sansevieria.—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2025 Feed water lilies and bog plantings monthly. House and foliage plants
76.—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2025 Feed home and outdoor foliage plants with a slow release fertilizer as instructed.
85.—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for foliage plant
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