Re: Liriope was: Vinca
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Liriope was: Vinca
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 03:20:50 -0400
In my experience, all Liriope needs a haircut in early
spring....preferably before new growth gets very high. If caught
before this, it's relatively easy to do; if procrastination prevails,
it's a pain in the derrière. I have always thought that if I grew
mine on a flat bit of ground, I could set the lawnmower to 4" and mow
it...but I don't, so I never have tried this. Has anybody ever mown
their Liriope?
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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From: Sammy's huwumin <jcosler@MINDSPRING.COM>
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 9:06 PM
>
The clumping type liriope needs to be cut to the ground, or close,
each spring b4 it's new growth starts. For a shortish edger, that's
not a prob. But I have a friend who has a lot of it planted & it's
gotten v. thick over the years & it is a major chore to cut it back.
The non-clumping type, I'd have to look up re what has to be done to
it in the spring. I love it! Look in a Taylor's ground cover
booklet.....Lots of choices.....In the back there are charts which
include such info as evergreen or not, zones, sun or shade, ...... I
like that book. My version is a 3b -- gc's, vines, grasses. They
don't pretend to cover all plants or act like a Dirr of gc's etc, but
I think they're a good starting point! HTH
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