Tag: Liriope

More Liriope

On By CarynIn Garden

We purchased some more Liriope plants for the front garden bed.

Photo description: front garden bed with previous round of plants in the ground and the new plants in grower’s pots spaced out

The Liriope we planted in Spring has been doing fairly well, especially the variegated variety, but not so much for the gallon pots of Big Blue. These lifted out of the ground, so I broke them up and planted them deeper, spreading them out between the new plants. I much prefer planting the 4” pots versus the larger ones.

Photo description: newly planted and watered Liriope with a large Turks Cap at the right

The Turks Cap we planted has grown quite large and is filling the space we set out for it. We’ve seen hummingbirds in the area too!

Liriope

On By CarynIn Garden

We have progressed to the next stage of the front garden bed rebuild. To recap, I dug out a few yards of dirt to remove the plants that had taken over, we purchased several yards of bedding soil and my husband amended it with chicken compost and refilled the bed. He set up the drip system and planted three kinds of Liriope, a flowering grass.

Photo description: front flower bed with Liriope Muscari planted in rows: giant and aztec in the back and Big Blue in the front, one Turks Cap planted behind the Liriope

The next step is to put down mulch. The Turks Cap is the only native. Liriope does well in this climate, though, and is low maintenance, which is what we need.