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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.

The name of this genus of plants comes from Greek mythology, after a particular nymph from the central part of Greece according to legend. It is not specified in the ancient writings, but this nymph, or spirit of nature in the form of a beautiful woman, was born of one of the Gods of the river. This is the fairy who gave birth to Narcissus, a god who was so vain he fell in love with his own image. It is likely that the name of the plant came from its beautiful nature and possibly the climate it grows in.

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.

It is not hard to go online or to a local nursery for plants and find these types of grasses available. Their popularity has grown in recent years all over the world. This is because people are starting to realize just how practical and beautiful these plants are.

It can be very hard to keep plants alive in a garden or yard when the weather is just too cold to support most types of plant life. That is why people who live in these types of climates are very enticed when they hear that ornamentals are among the hardier of plants like this. They can survive the cold seasons and even in regions that stay cold all the time.

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.

Most plants in this category are perennial. This means that they are dormant in the fall and winter. There are also a few that are annuals, meaning the plant's life cycle is completed in a year.




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