Daylily & liriope removal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do many oriole are allergic to goldenrod…. I wouldn’t!

+1 hate it!

OP, I second Black-Eyed Susans. They will spread, even jumped our entry sidewalk. Not only do bees love, but I spy hummingbirds plucking off the petals. Apparently, Black-Eyed Susans are an important food for butterflies and hummingbirds.


Unpopular opinion, but where nothing will grow other than ferns, Liriope is awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do many oriole are allergic to goldenrod…. I wouldn’t!

+1 hate it!

OP, I second Black-Eyed Susans. They will spread, even jumped our entry sidewalk. Not only do bees love, but I spy hummingbirds plucking off the petals. Apparently, Black-Eyed Susans are an important food for butterflies and hummingbirds.


Unpopular opinion, but where nothing will grow other than ferns, Liriope is awesome!

We planted liriope near the curb so that passing dogs had something particular to pee on. I call it our "sacrificial" liriope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP reviving this to ask a new question:

I have variegated liriope in a contained area along a path (it has sidewalk on one side and a stone border on the other). It's a small area with 6 liriope and no other plants. How hard do you think it will be to dig these out? I don't believe they are the traveling variety. Tips on taking them out?

And, if I do successfully dig them out, what should I plant instead? This is a hot, full sun area that gets southern sun all day. Looking for a native that will look nice since this is in front of the house. I don't want it to be too tall - maybe 1-2 feet max. Thanks for any suggestions!

You should be able to get rid of it. Just make sure you get rid of all the root, because anything you leave behind will re-sprout. As for plant suggestions, try one of these - Pink muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris), Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium), Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Threadleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata), Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), Wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), and Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea). Make sure you also take soil moisture into consideration. Some will do better with moist/wet soils and others prefer dryer conditions. If you're willing to go a little taller, the narrow-leaf mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) is a really nice plant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do many oriole are allergic to goldenrod…. I wouldn’t!

+1 hate it!

OP, I second Black-Eyed Susans. They will spread, even jumped our entry sidewalk. Not only do bees love, but I spy hummingbirds plucking off the petals. Apparently, Black-Eyed Susans are an important food for butterflies and hummingbirds.


Unpopular opinion, but where nothing will grow other than ferns, Liriope is awesome!

It's highly unlikely that your allergies are caused by goldenrod, which is pollinated by insects (therefore the pollen is heavy and not carried by wind). Chances are pretty good that what you are in fact allergic to, is ragweed, which blooms at the same time.

https://blog.nwf.org/2014/09/the-goldenrod-allergy-myth/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP reviving this to ask a new question:

I have variegated liriope in a contained area along a path (it has sidewalk on one side and a stone border on the other). It's a small area with 6 liriope and no other plants. How hard do you think it will be to dig these out? I don't believe they are the traveling variety. Tips on taking them out?

And, if I do successfully dig them out, what should I plant instead? This is a hot, full sun area that gets southern sun all day. Looking for a native that will look nice since this is in front of the house. I don't want it to be too tall - maybe 1-2 feet max. Thanks for any suggestions!

You should be able to get rid of it. Just make sure you get rid of all the root, because anything you leave behind will re-sprout. As for plant suggestions, try one of these - Pink muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris), Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium), Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Threadleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis verticillata), Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum), Wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniensis), and Golden alexanders (Zizia aurea). Make sure you also take soil moisture into consideration. Some will do better with moist/wet soils and others prefer dryer conditions. If you're willing to go a little taller, the narrow-leaf mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium) is a really nice plant.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:+1 goldenrod and mountain mint both spread aggressively for me.

Also White snake root, which blooms in fall and looks like a shrub covered in snow.

[Anonymous]

Any evergreen replacements for liriope along a full sun walkway? It’s the path leading to the front door so it can’t be anything too big or leggy. Right now there’s about 22 liriope leading to the front door (we just moved here)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any evergreen replacements for liriope along a full sun walkway? It’s the path leading to the front door so it can’t be anything too big or leggy. Right now there’s about 22 liriope leading to the front door (we just moved here)

https://www.audubonva.org/news/plant-this-not-that-march-2023

[Anonymous]

Post on next door and garden web, invite people to come take some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Post on next door and garden web, invite people to come take some.

Friends don't let friends plant invasive species!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Half my garden beds were overgrown with liriope (which is the 2nd worst invasive, only after chameleon plant to get rid of, IMHO).

My experience is that you have to really DIG it up, I'm talking methodically taking out strips, digging at least 6-8" down. And even then, you'll still have shoots from any of the roots you leave in. I have not had much luck with covering it--except perhaps to make subsequent digging easier--though I have not been patient enough to wait for years so perhaps it would sloooow-ly eventually die.

PP, if you got rid of chameleon plant, please share your secret. I've been battling it for years.

DP. I'm slowly winning the battle. I dug up where I could and where I couldn't, I painted herbicide on the leaves. Yes, painted. It twined its way in my peonies, milkweed and other plants that don't like their roots disturbed. Painting the herbicide onto the leaves allowed me to target it.

I'm still battling it and have had just a few pop up so far this spring. I'm amazed at how far it's runners can go. It's as horrible as its smell.

Yes. Impossible to kill chameleon plant without chemicals. I’ve tried digging and sifting the soil and it did not work.