Examples of foliage plant in a Sentence
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The most widely available variety of this foliage plant has leaves with olive and silver striping on top and purplish maroon underneath.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
This fun foliage plant gets its common name from its arching, threadlike, grassy leaves resembling fiber optic wire.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
In bright light, this foliage plant offers small creamy-white flowers along with its waffle-like foliage.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
Consider using foliage plants for shady landscape sites.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
Fill this planter with flowers, herbs, or foliage plants and use it to lend privacy to a deck or patio.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
Native to tropical Africa, the lucky bamboo plant actually is a cutting of Dracaena sanderiana, a foliage plant.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 18 Apr. 2023
Trim overgrown stems of foliage plants to make cuttings.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
Repot foliage plants that have outgrown their containers.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
This fun foliage plant gets its common name from its arching, threadlike, grassy leaves resembling fiber optic wire.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
In bright light, this foliage plant offers small creamy-white flowers along with its waffle-like foliage.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
Consider using foliage plants for shady landscape sites.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
Fill this planter with flowers, herbs, or foliage plants and use it to lend privacy to a deck or patio.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2023
Native to tropical Africa, the lucky bamboo plant actually is a cutting of Dracaena sanderiana, a foliage plant.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 18 Apr. 2023
Trim overgrown stems of foliage plants to make cuttings.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
Repot foliage plants that have outgrown their containers.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
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First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above
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“Foliage plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foliage%20plant. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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