Sunday, August 20, 2017

Liriope And Ornamental Grass Basic Information

By George Collins


There are people which want their gardens to look beautiful for when visitors come or if they decide to sell their house. They will place plants that were grown specifically for decorative reasons using their aesthetic features like barks, stem, fruit, overall foliage texture, scent, leaves and flowers. Those with unusual features could add interest with observers.

Taking proper care of them will be essential for maintaining their beauty but others have their best appearance only at certain seasons. That is why the popular alternatives of Liriope and ornamental grass is chosen as compared to other kinds, they last longer. They could grow on different soil conditions with no problems usually about insects and disease.

Majority of these varieties tolerate drought that are severe and large ones could make movement illusion with only the slightest breeze. Home gardeners have discovered combining shrubs and flowers with them will provide an interesting color and texture to the garden. Their colors are fairly diverse in range plus were used to set off successfully large and small lawn areas.

When you choose what to plant, the following things must be considered starting with hardiness rating and matching it with your hardiness zone. These zones or geographically defined areas have particular plant categories which could grow depending on their temperature and climate. Using this would help landscapers, gardeners and owners to determine which can survive their area.

Deciding where their placement is depends if they will receive full sunlight because most of them have better performance in this. Other varieties though that loves sun could still perform well in partial shade but their growth is hindered. This information being known would help determine the location best for that variety in accordance with design plans.

Taking care of them in the beginning is similar with any other plants so make sure their start in your garden would be good. When transplanting, ensure their soil is not dry by filling in with water the planting hole before you set them. Some compost should be added then fill in the surrounding of your grass and water them again.

Most of them require ordinary soil only that is well drained and moderately fertile but others will not so do some experiments in this. They must have good drainage even for those preferring materials which absorbs moisture well. Some needs regular watering and others may die when watered too much so be informed with this to avoid drowning or drying them up.

Determine what function your grass would be serving such as adding texture, covering exposed soil, enhancing privacy and garden bed edging. They could be your barriers when against prying eyes with the recommended varieties being thicker and taller. For lining the driveway though, the better choice is those lower growing ones which will not block the view.

Lastly, decide whether a clumping grass or running one is what you need with the former not spreading out from their location as non invasive. On the other hand, the latter will spread themselves when you would have no control over them. Choose one between having a neat mound formed or your ground covered.




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