On Mar 8, 5:56 pm, FragileWarrior
wrote:
Jangchub wrote :





On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:47:20 -0500, scfundogs
wrote:

On 2007-03-08 18:16:58 -0500, Jangchub said:

Monkey grass is different than lilyturf. The two below links will
show
Liriope.

I often see labels here in SC say Monkey Grass aka Lily Turf. This
link to Daves Garden shows it as Liriope Muscari with the common names
of Lily Turf, Monkey Grass, Lilyturf and the synonym of Ophiopogon
muscari.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1612/index.html

Common names mean nothing to me. The point is, neither of these are
suitable for the climate of the original poster and they are different
plants, altogether, but look alike. The labels are wrong and should
give the botanical name which makes the name universal.

Oh well, until spring planting time comes, we might as well discuss
whatever we want to discuss. I always check zone recommendations before
I buy so everyone might as well just chime in with their favs -- maybe
other people will benefit. shrug

Well I had to re-cycle my brain back about 20 years, and here are a
few I recall:

shade: hosta, bleeding heart, astilbe, ferns and columbine

sun: echinacea, peony, phlox, shasta daisy, rudbeckia, coreopsis,
delphinium,
hardy geranium (Johnson's Blue is pretty)
I always liked deep purple N.E. Aster and goldenrod
I have them in a border with rudbeckia and grasses, and echinacea
(coneflower)

Yes, the dwarf/mini daylilies are really nice, too. I have several,
Mambo Maid (red)
Hollywood Tootsie (orange) Little Gypsy Vagabond (cream with purple
eye) and
Green Flutter (yellow-green w/ green eye) there are so many now to
choose from.
Have fun, FW!

Emilie in NorCal
where flowering plum and daffs are in full bloom
sorry, I just had to say it :^ )