Betty Montgomery: Foliage An Important Part Of Garden Design

By Betty Montgomery More Content Now, Winchester Star: Home and Garden
Tue, 07/21/2015 - 11:47am

Betty Montgomery: Foliage an important part of garden design

Foliage is a very important part in the design of your garden. Flowers bloom and fade but foliage is there to carry the garden through the summer. More and more breeders are developing unusual foliage plants with dramatic colors and that are giving different effect. This colorful foliage will keep your garden looking impressive after the first big flush of flowers have faded and before the late summer flowers have opened up.Today there is a wide range of interesting foliage.

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