Liriope pictures for Daniel

Here are those pictures I mentioned in the PM. These are spaced about 60cm apart, you want yours about 30cms apart if you want it really thick in a hurry but they will fill out eventually if you plant them further apart. The little wooden rail is about 20 or 25cm high. The bigger one in the corner was planted before the others which is why it is a bit bigger. We still have a few gaps to fill up whenever I manage to get around to it.






These are the flowers that are on the plants right through summer. This picture was taken in February.

Love the way you have done the edge with the dead limbs Gail, looks great

Thanks Cheryl. That was mainly as a deterrent to stop the dogs cutting the corner and running through the garden... now they just jump over it instead

I notice you have a hydrangea there, how do they grow up your way

That hydrangea has only been moved there for a few months and isn't looking the best at the moment - gets more sun here so got a little burnt - coming on again now though. They grow well if you can keep the water up to them if they are in a sunny spot though do better and need less water with a little shade in mid-summer. There are quite a few big ones around the older gardens around town - I pass one regularly that is nearly 2m tall growing up against a western facing wall of a house. Besides a couple of leaves being a little sunburnt in mid-summer it does well and is quite a sight in full flower. I'm surprised that it does so well as it is a rental house and rarely gets looked after, usually has grass growing right up to it. Just goes to show you how tough they are.

Yes I will have to move a lot of mine this winter, where to no idea, may go back to my original idea and move the roses from under the peach tree and swap them around , boy there goes 2 days already

Thanks for the pictures Gail...the liropes will be just fine!!!! Thanks again!

They are lovely Gail. I might use Liriope in my garden. Nice plant. I presume you divide them?

Thanks Pamela. Yes, just divide them like any other similar plant. They are also known as giant mondo even though the aren't related but just as tough.

I googled liriope yesterday , there are some nice colours and new ones out now

I never thought to put some in your last parcel Gwen I will in the next one

Gail - just to let you know...the liriope look quite healthy in their pots.

these look really pretty and lush gail. you have such a knack with plant arrangement I reckon, I love looking at pics of your garden

That's great Daniel. They are pretty hard to kill so should do ok for you

Thanks Ota but the garden isn't all my idea, Ian and I work 50/50 in it.

oh I only wish DH was interested in the garden but then again we always have different opinions on things so it would probably be a disaster

Your garden has a really natural look to it that I just love

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oh I only wish DH was interested in the garden but then again we always have different opinions on things so it would probably be a disaster

Ian always says that I ask his opinion then go with mine

We like the natural, rustic look, neither of us like the stiff, formal or clipped styles

I'm with you there Gail, even I am pretty Rustic too

I know I certainly feel rustic and worn out

Me too...

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Ian always says that I ask his opinion then go with mine

that wouldnt work with mine, we'd probably end up having a tug of war over the plants