Basic Information About Liriope And Ornamental Grass

By George Collins


There are people who want a beautiful looking garden for when they decide in selling their house or if visitors come. They would display plants specifically grown for decorations and use their aesthetic features such as overall foliage texture, flowers, fruits, scent, stem, leaves and barks. Unusual features they have could add to observers an interest.

Taking care of them properly is essential to maintain their beauty but some are only at their best appearance at certain seasons. This is why Liriope and ornamental grass are popular alternative as they can last longer than other kinds. They could grow in different soil conditions and usually have no problems with insects and disease.

Majority of these varieties tolerate drought that are severe and large ones could make movement illusion with only the slightest breeze. Home gardeners have discovered combining shrubs and flowers with them will provide an interesting color and texture to the garden. Their colors are fairly diverse in range plus were used to set off successfully large and small lawn areas.

When choosing what to plant, consider these following things with first being their hardiness rating and match it to your zone. These zones are geographically defined areas which specific categories of plants can grow depending on their climate and temperature. Using this will help gardeners, owners and landscapers in determining what could survive their area.

Their placement will be decided depending on your need for them to receive full sunlight with most of them performing better with it. Other varieties though which loves sun can still perform in partial shade well but their growth would be hindered. Knowing an information like this will help determine their best location according with your design plans.

In the beginning, taking care of these is similar with other plants and make sure they would have a good start within your garden. Ensure their soil has not dried by filling water in the planting hole then you set them after. Some composts must be added and fill the surrounding of the grass then and water them once more.

Most of them only require ordinary soil that is fertile moderately and drained well but others do not so have some experiments done. They should have good drainage including those which prefer materials that absorbs moisture well. Regular watering is needed by some while others die with too much water so get informed and avoid getting them drowned or dried.

Determine if your grass would serve some functions for you such as enhancing privacy, adding texture, garden bed edging and covering exposed soil. They could become your barriers against prying eyes so thicker and taller varieties are recommended. For lining your driveway tough, lower growing ones that will not block your view is the better choice.

Finally, decided whether you require a running or clumping grass with the latter being non invasive which would not spread out from its location. The former though would spread themselves out f you will not control them. Choose one between covering your ground or forming a neat mound depending upon your needs.




About the Author: