Liriope, according to description, flowers in late summer, however my plant (which looks the part in every way) flowers in April/May and blooms expire by June and foliage droops (but still green). Is this a plant other than Liriope, or are there other characteristics that apply to this species?
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Can you post a picture? What color flowers are you getting?
the flowers were light purple stems...
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Look like grape hyacinth- spring flowering bulb
This video also declares that Liriope looks like Grape Hyacinth flowers.
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Having both gives the nice flowers for a good part of the year!
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That looks like the wild hyacinth (Russian or Spanish). The foliage will generally wilt totally. Because they are in my beds I pull and discard the tops. The bulbs are prolific and can be a nuisance in some gardens or a wonderful asset. They have been both in my garden.
It would be nice to have seen a close-up shot of the flowers, but I agree with Jewell.
These look like Spanish Bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) or a similar species in the Hyacinth Family (Hyacinthaceae, or alternatively, Scilloideae of Asparagaceae). Hyacinthoides hispanica is native to Spain and Portugal. The genus Hyacinthoides consists of twelve species, that range from the British Isles, western Europe to Italy, and northwestern Africa.
These look like Spanish Bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) or a similar species in the Hyacinth Family (Hyacinthaceae, or alternatively, Scilloideae of Asparagaceae). Hyacinthoides hispanica is native to Spain and Portugal. The genus Hyacinthoides consists of twelve species, that range from the British Isles, western Europe to Italy, and northwestern Africa.
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I have a heathy bunch of Liriope, have had them for going on 30 years. Gave some away from the areas. If I remember I can take a shot of the flower--but later, then they form little berries which sometimes the birds eat. My only dislike of them, and you'd think they are dense enough, they let weeds grow up through them , so at a certain time of the summer I am casting my hand across the bunches pulling out what lands there weeds or the plant. And my last step of the final clean out of the garden they are in, is to grab the weed wacker and cut them all down to the quick which I did just two days ago, then rack all of it out. Then the fresh plant grows up nicely, lasted 30 years with that practice, and they just get wider and wider. So guess they are happy.
just went to check older photos, none there, guess to me not photo worthy .
just went to check older photos, none there, guess to me not photo worthy .
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Another point to note about the photo in Post #3 is that the leaves appear to be dying back, like the deciduous leaves of a summer-dormant bulb. Liriope are evergreen. If they ever did lose leaves it would be during a very cold Winter, not in May.