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• Gardening Jargon – Rhizome

  A modified plant stem which grows horizontally, under the surface of the soil. New growth then emerges from their nodes. Vegetables & Herbs Rhizomes Ginger Turmeric Galangal Nelumbo nucifera (lotus root) Rhubard Ginseng Fingerroot (Boesenbergia rotunda) Invasive Rhizomes Creeping Charlie Horsetails Japanese knotweed Poison ivy Golden hops Stinging nettle lily-of-the-valley Bamboo Bugleweed Chinese lanterns Liriope Nandina

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• Gardening Jargon – Foliage

  Foliage is used mostly by landscape designers. There are plants which are grown only for their beautiful coloured or shaped leaves. List of house plants primarily grown for foliage Begonia Croton Coleus Colocasia Fern Coral Bells Hostas Ti plant Pothos Please add if you know any house-plant which is grown for foliage. Happy gardening !

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