daylilies and variegated liriope in combination?
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Comments (29)Jeri, just my observation on Oahu...Plumerias that I have seen (all over from gardens to along the roadside) do not have rust. Instead they have the dreaded whitefly, spidermites, and scales. I too have plumeria and am trying to get rid of two of them. One is red and has long "droopy" petals, the other is a lei-making yellow that lasts long on the tree. All of my plumerias are in pots. I keep them pruned short while my neighbors have large canopies of them. Temperatures and weather range radically in this state. What temperature may be in up-country Maui can be very different on Oahu affecting what can be grown where. Once, I had wanted to grow various protea and when I went to Maui, I'd thought to get some plants, thankfully, the owner of the store let me know that where I live, I could'nt grow it due to elevation issues (almost like saying temperature issues). Just so, I cannot grow apples, pears, apricots, etc. On the other hand, a friend who owns a farm on the big island (Hawaii) sends Persimmons and plums...I think what I am tring to say is that Hawaii is actually made up of a lot of zones and within those zones, are a lot of microclimates... On the other hand, on Kauai, I have witnessed the very rare and unusually singular case of "chickenitis all over-us"...I went to the island recently and couldn't believe--wherever I looked there were chickens, chickens at the airport on the sidewalk, chickens at the lookouts (we fed them banannas and oranges), chickens at the stoplights, chickens gracing the lawn fronting the shopping center...Wherever I looked!--I guess the after-effects of hurricane Iniki? Best regards, Lee ;)...See MoreVariegated daylilly?!?!!
Comments (7)FarwayFarmer, It is a daylily it just looks odd because its upsidedown, haha! Sorry! I am going to post a couple more pictures. The plant tag that came with one of them was 'Happy returns', but it was laying on the soil, so it may have just been thrown in there, but the other plant didn't have a plant tag in it. Thanks! Grantgarden22...See Moremixing liriope and day lilies
Comments (1)Well, you've given me hope that one day my mondo grass will get the message and start to spread!! FWIW - Liriope is a polite clumper for me and takes ages to become even mildly jolly - let alone boisterous. And the variegated one is slower again. But the Hemerocallis tend to take off hugely. If you are using varieties with similar growth rates and leaf heights then the Liriope will be a lovely foil and give interest in the no flowers time. I'd be thinking that the taller varieties of daylily could tend to become boss in the garden patch. With a wide bed, and the daylilies set back from the Liriope this may not ever be a problem, however....See MoreZone 5+ Liriope Envy (Hosta Companion)
Comments (22)aw, Faye, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence! I'm an animal; lover too and find your equine babies adorable. My purchase of some wide blade liriope muscari was from Plant Delights Nursery. It and the other big kind I got there wind up as tall as my knees. It is as tall as the dwarf nandinas planted behind it. Sort of a miscalculation on my part, but the nandinas are rather gold and red leafed, always leafed out, and then there is small boxwood dark green too behind that. My idea of a rather formal bed style in a basically undisciplined garden. This was for my New England husband's benefit. He loves it. ''Let me see if I have that picture of it. The liriope is the clumping kind. In parts of my Back40 space, the orphiopigon/monkey grass is the spreading kind. I don't mind it there. No lawn in that area. Keep the lawn mower out of the way. I can set pots of hosta down in it, not worry about the pots getting hot since they are shaded by it. But, this is almost the tropics here, and I just let it go. Other parts of the garden have the landscape fabric laid beneath the carnival midway shredded cypress mulch, because it is pathways and rows of potted hosta. Occasionally something persists to grow through the mulch, but it is easily eradicated. Here is the latest picture of the rows of really tall and wide bladed liriope. and here is signs of the spreaders, in a small area of the Back40 not covered by mulch oh yeah. On the right of that 2nd pic is some of the really big clumpinl muscari. Quite distinctive. I planted some of it in a pot with some tropicals ......See More- 16 years ago
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