foliage plant
Decorative indoor greenery
A foliage plant is grown primarily for its leaves rather than its flowers or fruit.
Many houseplants are foliage plants—pothos, philodendron, ferns—valued for their greenery and low-maintenance care.
The term distinguishes them from flowering plants in nurseries and garden centers: The foliage plants are in aisle three.
- houseplantIndoor ornamental greenery
- potting mixSoilless blend for containers
- root ballPlant's underground soil cluster
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
drainage hole · variegation · philodendron · fern · chlorophyll · fertilizer · leaf blade · propagation · calathea · terrarium · stomata · venation · perennial · petiole · watering · windowsill · fronds · indoor
foliage plantflowering plant
Seed-in-fruit producer
flower · bedding plant · orchid · rose · petunia
foliage plantfood crop
Cultivated plant for consumption
fruit tree · herb · edible plant · produce · medicinal plant