Comments on: The double-edged sword that is liriope http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/361 Susan Harris's blog about eco-friendly and urban gardening, plus the adventures of a DC-based garden writer, coach and occasional rabble-rowser. Mon, 24 May 2010 11:12:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eric http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/361/comment-page-1#comment-1445 Eric Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:16:05 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=361#comment-1445 I grow the clumping kind and I usually cut it only once a year, around March 1 or so...some winters it looks good all year, but in colder winters in can get a bit ratty looking by late winter....this is the only plant in my garden that I cut/trim using household scissors...it just seems to be easier to cut that way. I grow the clumping kind and I usually cut it only once a year, around March 1 or so…some winters it looks good all year, but in colder winters in can get a bit ratty looking by late winter….this is the only plant in my garden that I cut/trim using household scissors…it just seems to be easier to cut that way.

]]> By: firefly http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/361/comment-page-1#comment-1444 firefly Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:22:37 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=361#comment-1444 I had been meaning to check out this post, and I'm glad I did. I planted a half-dozen L muscari on a slope next to the driveway in a bed with Phlox stolonifera. Thank goodness I didn't pick L spicata! Who'da thunk an obsession with blue flowers would pay off? ;) I had been meaning to check out this post, and I’m glad I did. I planted a half-dozen L muscari on a slope next to the driveway in a bed with Phlox stolonifera. Thank goodness I didn’t pick L spicata!

Who’da thunk an obsession with blue flowers would pay off? ;)

]]> By: Kathy, Washington Gardener http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/361/comment-page-1#comment-1443 Kathy, Washington Gardener Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:04:32 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=361#comment-1443 My only problem with Liriope is the ignorance of some landscape crews - who think it is just a "thick grass" and mow it regularly - and by passers-by who comment "Why are they not mowing the grass?" I hear that all the time around public spaces and office parks where liriope is used as easy filler plantings. Maybe every school should have a science unit - THIS is turfgrass, THIS is Liriope - one to mow, one to grow. My only problem with Liriope is the ignorance of some landscape crews – who think it is just a “thick grass” and mow it regularly – and by passers-by who comment “Why are they not mowing the grass?” I hear that all the time around public spaces and office parks where liriope is used as easy filler plantings. Maybe every school should have a science unit – THIS is turfgrass, THIS is Liriope – one to mow, one to grow.

]]> By: M in Austin http://www.sustainablegardeningblog.com/archives/361/comment-page-1#comment-1442 M in Austin Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:15:34 +0000 http://beyondsustainablegardening.com/?p=361#comment-1442 Very interesting post. I didn't realize that there were two kinds. From your info, I now know that I have the Liriope muscari. I have seen it look pretty bad in a severe drought but usually it gets through our tough summers without much care. I know people who mow it. I prefer the bushy natural look. I have lots of shade in my yard so I need to think about ways I can use liriope more creatively. Isn't it often the case that a person doesn't want to grow what is easy to grow? Very interesting post. I didn’t realize that there were two kinds. From your info, I now know that I have the Liriope muscari. I have seen it look pretty bad in a severe drought but usually it gets through our tough summers without much care. I know people who mow it. I prefer the bushy natural look.

I have lots of shade in my yard so I need to think about ways I can use liriope more creatively. Isn’t it often the case that a person doesn’t want to grow what is easy to grow?

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