1. Boxwood is a sophisticated foliage plant, and this variety is especially useful

2. Commonly called Bugbane, this dark foliage plant thrives in partial shade and moist, organically enriched soil

3. Senecio Cineraria ‘Silver Dust’ is a tender shrub, usually grown as a half-hardy annual foliage plant

4. Aspidistra elatior is a particularly elegant foliage plant with upright, glossy leaves that arch gracefully at the leaf tips

5. The cast-iron plant (Aspidistra elatior) has earned its reputation as a nearly indestructible houseplant, along with a beautiful outdoor foliage plant within its growing zones

6. Definition of Aspidistra : an Asian plant (Aspidistra elatior) of the lily family that has large pointed basal leaves and is often grown as a foliage plant Examples of Aspidistra in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web When Avent started out, there were just 12 recognized species of Aspidistra.