I keep an eye on the monkeygrass (liriope muscari) in our garden in late summer waiting for it to blossom. Despite its classification in parts of North America as an invasive species from East Asia — and underscored by the untold days I have spent ridding our landscape of other invasive species — I think the monkeygrass is gorgeous when in bloom, so each year give it a stay of extirpation from our yard. The photo here of our monkeygrass was made this week as Earth presented its late afternoon longitudes to the Sun.