Liriope is a great edger, and yes, it can be expensive. But I have found that if you look for the larger pots, initially more expensive than the little 4" pots, you can divide them and get a lot more plants for your money. Sometimes you can also buy them by the flat, in what they call starter plugs, with a lot of small plants for the cost of one or two bigger ones. They do grow very quickly.
These are not going to be available at a big box garden center, you will have to go to a nursery, and perhaps you can get them ordered for you.
Landscape roses are very pretty, but they do have thorns where people are getting out of their cars, and they will cost a lot more than liriope, which is evergreen, stays where you put it pretty much, doesn't get out of hand or need drastic pruning, and does not need a whole lot of maintainence.
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