I would not recommend pruning in the fall. When I worked as a professional gardener in a central London public garden, one shady border that I tended to contained hundreds of monkey grass plants.

Spring has sprung. I can tell by the increased number of questions coming my way. Here are some of them: Q: How do I prune my ornamental grass? A: It's time to cut them back to clean out the dead ...

A: While liriope, or monkey grass, is normally evergreen, it often looks pretty ragged after a growing season. To refresh the plant, I recommend pruning it an inch or two from the soil line in ...

For several popular ground covers, such as liriope and monkey grass, it's important that this be done now before new growth begins. Use garden scissors, hedge shearers, string trimmers or even ...

• To make sure the fresh, new growth of ornamental grasses doesn't get muddled up with the tatty old leaves, they need some pruning. • Small evergreen grasses, such as Festuca glauca, can be ...

Mondograss (monkey grass) beds can be divided and transplanted at any time of year By Neil Sperry , Down to Earth March 4, 2022 You can divide beds of mondograss anytime of year.

Low plants like English ivy, juniper, monkey grass and others don't necessarily attract snakes but when they do wander through your landscape, low-growing vegetation makes for easy concealment.

Is my pachysandra down for the count after the Christmas freeze? Should I whack it now like monkey grass and see what happens in the spring? It has never looked like this before, and I'm worried.

A: Azaleas have extra-shallow roots and prefer to have the soil beneath their "canopies" to themselves. Spreading monkey grass roots can compete with the azalea roots for water and food. Carefully ...

Prune the spring bloomers, lanternfly babies, and DIY grass seed: This Weekend in the Garden. Published: ; May. 26, 2023, 7:00 a.m.