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Lilyturf
Liriope
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Description:
Charming, attractive violet-blue flowers give this plant it's charm! Useful in the
landscape as a ground cover, edger or accent plant. Flowers are followed by
blue-black berrylike fruits in the fall. Will grow well underneath trees or
around shrubs but will not tolerate foot traffic. This
plant is considered mostly allergy free and causes little or no allergy problems in most
people. |
| Common Name: |
Lilyturf, Border Grass, Blue Lilyturf |
| Botanical
Name: |
Liriope |
| Type: |
Grass-like Perennial |
| Soil
Preference: |
This plant tolerates some drought and some
salt and will grow in moist soil but prefers well-drained, loamy sandy or clay soils with
a pH of acidic to alkaline (6.8-7.7) |
| Light
Requirements: |
Sun, Part Shade, Shade |
| Attributes: |
This plant is considered mostly allergy
free. Good for mass plantings, ground cover and naturalizing. Great for
bordering a sidewalk! Also good for naturalizing and cut flowers. |
| Pests: |
Slugs and snails |
| Diseases: |
none known |
| Good Companion
Plants: |
Anemone, Coral Bells,
Foamflower, Jacob's
Ladder, Russian Sage |
| Care: |
Fertilize every 4 months with slow-release Osmocote or
fertilize every few weeks with Plant-tone or Miracle Gro. Shear this plant back in spring
with a sharp lawn mower blade. This will encourage a flush of new growth. Do
this before the new growth emerges! Liriope is easily propagated by division in the
early spring.
Planting Instructions: Perennials |
| Varieties: |
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Liriope
muscari 'Big Blue'
Lilyturf, Border Grass, Blue Lilyturf
zones 5-10a
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| Description: Green leaves and purple flowers. The plant will also
grow in the sun or shade, but more slowly if the soil is sufficiently moist. The
plant should be sheared back in the early spring to enjoy a flush of new growth. |
| Bloom Color: |
Lavender |
| Bloom Time: |
Summer and fall |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
12-18" |
| Spread: |
12-36" |
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Liriope 'Monroe White'
Lilyturf, Border Grass, Liriope
zones 6a-9a
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| Description: An excellent white-flowered cultivar.
Grows a bit slower than other varieties. |
| Bloom Color: |
White |
| Bloom Time: |
Summer |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
12-18" |
| Spread: |
8-12" |
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Liriope
muscari 'Okina'
Frosted Monkey Grass, Lilyturf
zones 5-10
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| Description: An unusual variety with a neat compact habit. In
spring, the top of each leaf is pure white. As the plant matures, the white becomes
speckled with green flecks, eventually changing to all green by fall. In late summer, the
clumps are topped with lilac purple flowers. |
| Bloom Color: |
Lavender |
| Bloom Time: |
Late summer and fall |
| Foliage Color: |
White then Green |
| Height: |
10" (flowers reach 15") |
| Spread: |
10" |
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Liriope
muscari 'Silvery Sunproof'
Lilyturf
zones 5-10
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| Description:
A popular variety of liriope valued for its relatively wide, strappy, green
and white (sometimes yellow) variegated, grass-like foliage. This is a
clumping selection which is outstanding in mixed container plantings or as
an edging. From midsummer into fall, lilac purple flowers similar to grape
hyacinths are produced. |
| Bloom Color: |
Lilac |
| Bloom Time: |
Late summer and fall |
| Foliage Color: |
Variegated white, yellow & green |
| Height: |
15-18" |
| Spread: |
15-20" |
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Liriope
muscari 'Variegata'
Variegated Lilyturf, Border Grass, Blue Lilyturf
zones 6-10a
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| Description: Evergreen ground cover with thin, dark green upright
spreading foliage with a white band. Bears spikes of purple lavender flowers by late
summer. |
| Bloom Color: |
Purple |
| Bloom Time: |
Summer and fall |
| Foliage Color: |
Green |
| Height: |
12-18" |
| Spread: |
12-36" |
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