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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!

Turks cap

On By CarynIn Garden

We planted a Turks cap shrub, which is another Texas native, in our front flower bed this Spring. So far it is thriving and just started producing flowers.

Photo description: Turks cap bloom, with waiting grasshopper

Depending on how much the shrub loves the corner we’ve given it, it could fill the space. We’ll see. I’ve read that they usually are 2-3 feet wide and tall, but can reach 10 feet.