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.

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 ...

Prune crossing, dead or diseased limbs on your crepe myrtles. Cassia, butterfly bush and vitex can all get a bit wild without regular pruning. These plants would be okay to shape up at this time.

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