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Foliage Houseplants: Comparing Leaves and Growth

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Foliage houseplants offer different shapes, textures and growth habits. Compare mature size and light needs before choosing a plant for an indoor position.

ivy

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Greenery

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Spidering orchid

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Wedding spiderland

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Molten bamboo plum

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Mang Changchun

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asparagus

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Tianmen Winter

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Goldfish Solita

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Peony Schilan

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Clivia

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Tiger

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Wealth tree

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Happy tree

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Peace tree

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Rubber tree

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money tree

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Fulu Tong

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Coconut

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Sanwei Kwai

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Turtle

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Duck

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Sulfur

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pine

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Cypress tree

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Details to compare

Look at the leaf outline, the spacing along the stems and the direction of new growth. A climbing plant and a self-supporting rosette may fill a similar space in a photograph while needing very different supports.

Related reading: Foliage Plant Care: Light, Shape and Watering.