When to Use Foliage Crops
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WHEN TO USE FOLIAGE CROPS
Sometimes, a landscape design gets caught “in-between”—one wave of flowers has passed by but the next wave hasn’t started up yet. To provide yourself with a buffer, consider using foliage crops to keep the garden design interesting and vibrant even during those lulls in the action.
DRAMATIC CENTERPIECES
Some plantings you spy from a distance, but some are meant to be enjoyed close-up. A walkway garden and containers that sit next to the doorway are two high-traffic design areas that beg for unique and interesting centerpieces. Foliage plants like Caladiums (below) that are pretty and low, and Alocasias (above) that are tall and impressive, are instant crowd pleasers—they make a design special. Use your groundcovers to set the canvas—perhaps a bed of Springeri—then have these dramatic plants rise up from the field of green.
CYPERUS (PAPYRUS REED)
Two other great drama plants are Cyperus ‘Baby Tut’ and Cyperus ‘Isocladus’, which are two Dwarf Papyrus Grasses. You know them as the Egyptian reeds that became the world’s first paper. Here we use them as pretty dramatic centerpieces in containers and even as stands in a garden bed. For our full Availability List Click Here. To place orders Directly Online Click Here. We have four easy ways to place your orders: |
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