Cutting Back Liriope

[Berob]

Quick question: When is the best time to cut back Liriope? Fall, spring,
or some other time? Thanks in advance for any help.

Berob

[Sterling Hill]

I cut mine back (Atlanta) in the spring and it grows back in
beautifully.

Sterling
change aol to mindspring in reply

[Dan D.]

In article <BalG5.35792$oA2.6...@typhoon.southeast.rr.com>,

"Berob" <ber...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Quick question: When is the best time to cut back Liriope? Fall,
spring,> or some other time? Thanks in advance for any help.
> > Berob

Late winter, early spring, before it starts new shoots.
If you cut it now it might start some new growth now.
That new tip growth will get burned this winter and
make your spring growth look rough. If you wait too long
in the spring, you wind up cutting off some of the new
tips and then the new growth winds up with square brownish
fringed ends.

Just my 2 cents....
Peace!
Dan D. zone 6

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[Tom Engel]

Wait until Spring. Right now the leaves will protect the root system near the neck of the plant. I think they remain attractive for many months into the snow. Randy

Berob wrote:

Quick question:  When is the best time to cut back Liriope?  Fall, spring,
or some other time?  Thanks in advance for any help.

Berob

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[Betsy Stocksdale]

Why would you want to cut back Lirope?

"Dan D." wrote:

> In article <BalG5.35792$oA2.6...@typhoon.southeast.rr.com>,

> "Berob" <ber...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Quick question: When is the best time to cut back Liriope? Fall,
> spring,> or some other time? Thanks in advance for any help.
> > > Berob
>

[Sterling Hill]

Betsy Stocksdale wrote:
>
> Why would you want to cut back Lirope?

It makes it beautiful and bushy and cuts off any brown looking parts
left over from winter. Also makes it flower like crazy. I had never cut
mine back. One evening I was picking up a friend of my Mom's and saw her
gardener mowing hers. I was horrified. But she had the most beautiful
liriope lining her walkway. I had admired it many times. She said he
cut it back every spring.

I cut mine every year now in early spring. Use something sharp. You
don't want ragged tips. My lawnmower won't go over mine so I cut it with
hedge clippers.

[Dan D.]

In article <39EB273D...@erols.com>,

Betsy Stocksdale <bat...@erols.com> wrote:
> Why would you want to cut back Lirope?

In my area the tops die and turn brown in mid
winter. We cut that part off in early spring so
the new green growth wont be mixed in with the
dead stuff.
I guess the tops don't die in your area?

Peace!
Dan D. Louisville KY good ole USA zone 6

[Mary Elizabeth]

Sterling Hill wrote:

>
> Betsy Stocksdale wrote:
> >
> > Why would you want to cut back Lirope?
>

> It makes it beautiful and bushy and cuts off any brown looking parts
> left over from winter. Also makes it flower like crazy. I had never cut
> mine back. One evening I was picking up a friend of my Mom's and saw her
> gardener mowing hers. I was horrified. But she had the most beautiful
> liriope lining her walkway. I had admired it many times. She said he
> cut it back every spring.
>
> I cut mine every year now in early spring. Use something sharp. You
> don't want ragged tips. My lawnmower won't go over mine so I cut it with
> hedge clippers.
>
> Sterling
> change aol to mindspring in reply

This is interesting. Does the same apply to dwarf lilyturf, aka mondo
grass (ophiopogon japonicus)?

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