Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Ornamental And Liriope Grass For Everyone

By Nancy Mitchell


So many people are choosing to use liriope to make their yard beautiful. This is a very popular genus of plant that has a way of keeping low to the ground, looks like a lot of other grasses, and has flowers that bloom on it at a certain time of the year. It is from South and Southeast Asia that this plant originates from, and is just one of the many types of ornamental and liriope grass that people are using to add beauty to their garden.

Many people are familiar with the Greek god Narcissus, who is famous for looking into a pond, seeing his own reflection, and falling in love with it, leading to his own demise of drowning. Fewer people know the name of this god's mother, who was a nymph born of river gods. It is from this spirit of nature that the genus of liriope gets its name.

There are many different ways that people pronounce the name liriope, but most people who know their plants will be able to understand what it is no matter how it is said. A lot of people like to call it lilyturf because of the flowers that bloom on the plant, but they are technically not in the same family as lilies or grasses. Monkey or spider grass are two other common names for it.

People who have these grasses in their yards enjoy watching their flowers start to bloom right around the time that summer is ending. Violet and blue are the most common color combinations for these flowers. There are plenty of varieties now too for those who want to add something flashy to their garden.

It is not hard to find a big selection of these types of grasses at most stores and nurseries, or even by shopping online. Since the demand has grown, most people have them in stock and are ready to provide whatever the customer is looking for. Ornamentals are considered any grasses or similar plants that are planted because of their decorative value.

The people who are really benefitting from these types of grasses are the ones who live in areas that get extremely cold at different times of the year. It can be hard for people living in those harsh areas to find something that can live in their yard that they won't have to replace constantly when it inevitably dies. Ornamentals are so popular because of their ability to survive in these climates.

Although they are referred to as grasses, these plants are often not even in the same family as ordinary types of grasses. The reason why so many people refer to them this way is because they have similar physical properties to the common plant. Prime examples of these are cat-tails, rushes, and sedges.

Perennial plants are ones that go dormant during the cold seasons, so they will essentially take care of themselves during that time. They can then be seen coming back to life in the early springtime thanks to the stored energy that they save up to get them through this dormant period. Most of the ornamentals are perennial, but there are a few such as bamboo that are annual, meaning their whole life cycle is finished in about a year.




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