Next Saturday, we celebrate Saint Patrick's Day and the "wearing of the green." So perhaps this is a good time of year to reflect on the growing of the green -- foliage plants. Colorful flowers look wonderful in a yard, but foliage plants (plants grown primarily for their foliage) boast a reliabilty that is not to be scoffed at. You can count on foliage plants to "be there for you," after many a garden bloom has become nothing more than a memory.

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