Re: [gardeners] Penny's 18" grass

David G. Smith (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 2 Oct 2001 05:39:30 -0400 

Lilyturf and monkey grass are both common names for Liriope.  It's in the
lily family.  Landscapers use a lot of it here in Delaware.

David


----- Original Message -----
From: George Shirley <gshirl@bellsouth.net>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] Penny's 18" grass


> Our liriope grows about 12 inches wide by 12 inches tall and has purple
bloom spikes in the spring.
> I mow it every spring so it doesn't look so ratty all year. We have a
narrow leaf variety around
> another flower bed that hasn't bloomed once and is rather skimpy. The wide
leaf variety is so
> prolific we yank half of it out every two years and set it on the curb
with "Free" sign on it. Never
> lasts more than an hour and it's all gone. Most folks around here call it
"monkey grass", don't ask
> me why, no monkeys have ever grazed on ours. The stuff grows well down
here.
>
> George
>
> penny x stamm wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:33:46 -0500 flylo@txcyber.com writes:
> > >Your description sounds like Liriope, but it may not get that tall.
> > >(Doesn't it have a purple spiky flower?)
> >
> > That does indeed sound like the name!  Thank you muchly, since I
> > do want several more next spring, to fill the embankment.
> >
> > Great!  They are thriving in the shade, which surprises me. All
> > the surrounding trees have grown incredibly, and are now cutting
> > off much of the original sunshine.
> >
> > Last Saturday my young helper and I pruned off the understory of
> > my huge red bud tree, and raised the lower level of the heavily
> > leafed branches. It already lets in more light (tho not enough) on
> > the mountain laurel planted behind, and the two hand-raised special
> > rhododendrons I've been nurturing. I adore that red bud all summer
> > long, because it is so majestic, and those heart-shaped leaves sway
> > with the wind all the time.  I have the same problem with the Kousa
> > dogwood -- the lower branches keep the sun away from the white
> > azaleas planted behind, and they should have some sunshine. This
> > summer was the worst -- the kousa kept the light off the bed of the
> > New Guinea hybrid impatiens which I always plant underneath,
> > and so they refused to grow tall and lush. After spring bloom, I'll
> > have to make my choice . . .
> >
> > My Sanitation Engineers marvel at the amount of garden trash
> > which two old fogies can produce every week...  I think I'd rather
> > prune than eat.
> >
> > Penny, NY
> >
> > .
> >
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