Foliage Plant Flowers

• Many foliage plants have small or unremarkable flowers, which is why they are cultivated for their foliage instead of their blossoms. Many foliage plants, such as ferns and grasses, never feature blossoms. A lack of flowers is one benefit of planting foliage plants in your garden. While flowering plants only showcase their blossoms for a couple of weeks out of the year, foliage plants adorn your garden year round.
  
  

Foliage Color

• Foliage plants are often cultivated to showcase a variety of colors. Different kinds of grass can be purchased in hues of blue, green, red, yellow, purple or multiple color combinations. Some foliage plants grow leaves that appear silver, bronze or purple. Foliage plants can give your garden color even when the flowers aren't in bloom.
  
  

Foliage Texture

• Foliage plants can be selected for cultivation if they feature a unique texture. While many flowering plants have unremarkable leaves, foliage plants offer gardeners a variety of different textures from which to choose. Adding different leaf textures to a flowerbed can create visual and kinesthetic interest in the garden. Foliage plants can feature waxy, rough, fuzzy or smooth textures, making them interesting to the eye.
  
  

Foliage Plant Shapes

• Foliage plants are cultivated in a variety of shapes and sizes. Mixing up different shapes of foliage plants can make your garden visually stimulating even when the flowers aren't blooming. Exotic jungle foliage plants showcase large, fingered leaves, while grasses feature thin or twisting leaves. Ferns feature jagged, sword-shaped or feathery fronds while the small leaves of ground cover can carpet bare ground or provide garden paths.