Reviewed by Kathleen Miller The Liriope genus includes grass-like flowering perennial plants native to parts of Asia. Two common species in the United States, L. muscari (also called lilyturf) and ...

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.

This plant, pronounced "li-RI-o-pe" or "lir-EYE-0-pee" also has another name, lilyturf, and the botanical name is liriope mascari. The plant is sometimes called monkey grass.

Jim and Virginia Taylor bought a home in the Glendale area of Newport News 30 years ago and have lived there most of that time. They have faithfully gone through the annual ritual of maintaining a … ...

Liriope, along with other ground covers, is a low-growing, attractive, evergreen plant used in place of grass, rocks, pebbles or mulch in areas that might otherwise have sparse vegetation.

For several popular ground covers, such as liriope and monkey grass, it's important that this be done now before new growth begins. Use garden scissors, hedge shearers, string trimmers or even ...

Liriope will grow through most rabbit damage. Repellents, ... Most people see it happen in spring - before the blades toughen up and rabbits move onto eating lawn grass.

Any tall prairie grass should work, but it must be allowed to go to seed before it can provide food for birds. Good choices include sideoats gramma (Bouteloua curtipendula), Texas bluegrass (Poa ...

Liriope muscari is sometimes called "monkey grass" but is not a grass, instead is a member of the lily family. It is a native to shady forest floors in China, Taiwan, and Japan.

Dear Roger: Bermuda grass is taking over our liriope. Is there any chemical I can spray to kill the Bermuda grass but not the liriope? - Don Steed, Raeford. Dear Don: Yes, you may spray sethoxydim … ...

Q. I just divided some variegated liriope in my front yard and transplanted to the back. Rabbits are having a field day with the transplanted plants, munching the grass down to nubs and squeezing ...