
LIRIOPE…….. Can you please GET THAT PLANT OUT OF HERE!
When walking through shady areas, mainly on older, more mature landscapes, I occasionally notice a very special low-growing perennial that has a tendency to sneak it’s way around a plant bed, even spreading well into adjacent lawn areas. The persistent perennial I speak of is called liriope (aka Monkey Grass, Lilyturf or Border Grass). What makes liriope so special is even though it is very small in size, it is very difficult to completely remove and has a tendency to spread