The Benefits Of Ornamental And Liriope Grass

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.

It is not always easy to know the correct way to pronounce Liriope. Depending on the region, people say it differently, but most experts will be able to understand what you're talking about. Other common names are monkey grass, spider grass, and lilyturf, even though it is not related to the lily and is not in the same genus as grasses.

It is in the late summer that the flowers of these plants start to appear and open up. They are usually small in size and violet or blue in color, sometimes a combination of the two. There are also new varieties of these plants that have more flashy color patterns for situations in which there is a lot of shade passing over a yard or garden.

There are plenty of people who are choosing to go with some of the many exciting and beautiful types of ornamentals that are available. These are getting easier and easier to find because they have grown immensely in popularity for people's gardens are lawns in recent years. These plants are considered any kinds of grasses that are used for decorative purposes.

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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