Ground covers are popular Louisiana landscape plants, and the most common around here is liriope. Industry pros and home gardeners commonly say you should never have to buy new liriope — just get ...

Liriope muscari (pronounced luh-RYE-oh-pee mus-KAR-ree) is a tough, evergreen herbaceous flowering perennial from East Asia that grows in clumps 6 to 12 inches tall and spreads 12 to 18 inches across.

One of the benefits of belonging to a garden club is that you are often introduced to new plants. Gardeners are generous folks and enjoy sharing their plants, especially when they are redesigning a ...

QUESTION: I planted a border of variegated liriope earlier in the spring, and the plants were very nice and bushy looking until the weather got cold. Now they are completely flat to the ground, ...

Q: I have a centipede lawn with a healthy row of variegated liriope bordering a mulched island. I have been battling yellow wood sorrel (oxalis, I think) in my lawn. I have been spot treating with ...

Liriope, monkey grass or border grass is one of the most underused landscape plant materials. Mostly used as a border, redefining liriope’s use may create a new attitude for home landscapers, ...

LAKELAND - While in Tampa recently, I noticed that a corner of a small shopping center was landscaped in a particularly pleasing way. The simple design featured a trio of loquat trees under-planted ...