Type: a tufted, tuberous-rooted, grass-like perennial
Plant Date: These were planted before we moved into the house
Area:
Color: dense evergreen groundcover with a grass-like appearance with lavender, purple, pink or white flower spikes.
Bloom Time: July through August
Light: deep shade or full sun
Water: very little. Let the plants dry out completely between watering to avoid root rot.
Fertilizer: little fertilizer is needed but liquid fertilizer can be used
Deadhead: You can cut back the small patches of your monkey grass using a pruning shear by using grass shears. When trimming, gather the foliage that is arching using one hand and carefully hold it from the roots and trim it off 2 inches from the soil. Try to avoid trimming the new shoots’ tips. Monkey grasses that are large can be cut using a string trimmer or a lawnmower on the highest possible setting.
Propagation: Separate the rootball. Try to ensure at least 8-10 blades with healthy roots per division.
Temp: Drought tolerant
Width: 12-18 inches
Height: 10-18 inches
Planting Distance: 12 inches
Edible: Roots, cooked. Also, candied. Root has a fleshy, tuberous part near its tip.
Medicinal: Candied tubers eaten as tonic and aphrodisiac. In China, decoction of tubers used to fortify the lungs, for coughs, fevers and dysentery. In Chinese traditional medicine, used for asthma, bronchial and lung inflammation. Used as tonic to moisten yin. Decoction or infusion of tubers used for hemoptysis, dysentery, and as emmenagogue. Candied tubers considered tonic and aphrodisiac. In China, whole plants used to treat diabetes.
A redraw of That One Image but with Kobylu because @okiedoketm put the idea in my head and it wouldn't leave me be until I drew it.
Koby's outfit is from the fifth chapter of Koby’s Awful No-Good Very Confusing Day by the way. It's an amazing Kobylu time-travel fic, I can't recommend it enough!
arctic monkeys at splendour in the grass, australia, 2007 (x)
transcript:
interviewer: alright now boys, we are talking about festival romance today. you're very busy men; you've got a number one album, you're doing awesome stuff, how do you find time for the ladies, for a little lovin'?
(alex reaches for nick and nick presses a quick kiss to the back of alex's hand)
alex: it’s um…yeah we’re just- it’s easy to just, y’know, keep it amongst ourselves.
nick: keep it amongst our circles.
alex: we’re- we’re not so- we’re not rushing into things, y’know what i mean?