Brogdon's Property Lawncare

08/28/2023

So much for these ocean waves
Took a rock to the eye. I guess better than the alternative

05/14/2023

Shop day

06/13/2022

Got a new mower today to combat gas prices
Setting the deck height to start mowing

12/23/2021

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12/23/2021

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07/04/2021

How to Prune Tomatoes for a BIG Harvest -- THIS PRUNING METHOD IS THE BEST!!!! -- Read now, get a bountiful harvest later!

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03/21/2021

Created by an inventive Louisiana horticulturist, these season-defying plants burst with color nearly all year

02/27/2021

Garden Tip: LIRIOPE (You also see mondograss, aka monkeygrass, and dwarf mondograss in the background.)

I've addressed almost every common landscape plant in my own Garden Tips and down the threads in "Community" (see top of this page), but I haven't talked much about liriope. (And what I will write will also apply to the totally unrelated pampasgrass.)

Yes, liriope was burned by the cold. This photo is from my own backyard this morning as I refilled the Blue Jay Cafe (see Garden Tip from 10-12 days ago) with more raw in-shell peanuts from Wild Birds Unlimited. The 7 (most I ever saw at one time) gluttonous Jays have eaten 40 pounds of peanuts in the past 10 days, but I digress.

The liriope WILL be just fine. This has happened before. I forgot to cover it. I will trim it to about 2 inches this week, before any of the new "candles" of growth shoot up from its bases. Reason for quick trimming is that I don't want to risk cutting the soft, new growth because if I did, I'd be looked at square, tattered leaf tips for the rest of this year.

So your takeaway here: While all nursery professionals are encouraging PATIENCE and that you leave your pruning shears in their holsters for at least a few more weeks for most of your plants, this is one exception that SHOULD BE TRIMMED NOW.

Note how the mondograss and dwarf mondograss were not burned by the cold. And in answer to your three unasked questions:

1. I keep regular mondo and dwarf mondo away from one another here with 4-inch baked enamel metal edging driven in full depth.

2. Dwarf mondo is WAY too slow, WAY too expensive, and WAY too undependable to use on a big scale in an average urban landscape. In my opinion.

3. Having these groundcovers does NOT encourage snakes. In my experience. I've had them here for more than 25 years. No snakes here.

(Please do not post questions here in Comments about other, unrelated topics or plants. I can't address them all. So many questions. So few of me. Thanks for understanding.)

02/02/2021