Plant Finder - the ultimate garden reference resource

• 

  Liriope muscari, Lilly Turf

  

• 

  • Common Names

    Lily Turf

    Monkey Grass

    
    

  • Botanic Name

    Genus: Liriope

    Species: muscari

    Variety:

  • Type: Annual/Perennial

    Family: LILIACEAE

    Origins: China and Japan

    Light: Full Sun to Part Shade

    Wind: Wind/Salt tolerant

    Growth: Fast

    Frost: Hardy

    Evergreen: Yes

    Native: No

    Height: 0.6m

    Width: 0.5m

    
    

    Position

    Border
    Groundcover
    Rockery
    

    
    

    RETAIL Availability

    Easy to find

  • Flower Colour

    Mauve
    

    
    

    Flowering Time

    (Southern Hemisphere)

    
    

    Climate Zone

    Zone: 7
    Zone: 8
    Zone: 9
    Zone: 10
    

• 

  This information is provided as a free service to viewers. We do not sell these plants.

  Overview

  Liriope muscari is a clump forming evergreen perennial with grassy, strap like foliage and produces erect, wiry spikes of lilac coloured flowers in summer and autumn.

  Good for edging borders as it does not creep naturally.

  Varieties include:

  "Munroe White" has spikes of white coloured flowers with green stems in summer and autumn.

  Variegata has spikes of lilac flowers and a wide strip of pale yellow along the margin of the leaves.

  Soil: Well drianed and fertile soils.

  Maintenance: Feed with blood and bone in spring and cut back spent flowerheads.

  Diseases: None of note.

  Other Species: 5 species in all including L. spicata.

  Comments: Sometime confused with Ophiopogon.

  It can also make a useful and different sort of groundcover.

  Author: Bob Saunders.

  

  Viewer Comments (0) Write Comment

  

  Name

  Location

  Email

  Note: email address will not be displayed.

  Message

  POST comment

• 

  Here we list businesses who usually sell this plant.

  Online Retailers

  Gardenarium Based in South Australia, specialising in mainstream, rare and unusual perennial plants along with roses and ornamental trees. Delivery to: ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
  Lynns Rare Plants Lynn has been supplying popular and rare plants to on-line customers for over 12 years from her Blue Mountains, NSW nursery. Delivery to: ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,VIC
  White House Nursery A boutique, rare plant nursery, in Fern Hill, Victoria specialising in rare plants, climbers and bulbs. Delivery to: ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,VIC
  Woodbridge Nursery Woodbridge Nursery offers a large collection of perennial plants for the home gardener, plant collector and landscaper. Delivery to: ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC

  Local Retailers

  SA
  Mount Gambier: Gardenarium
  Vic
  Fern Hill: White House Nursery
  Jindivick: Muskers at Broughton Hall Rare Plant Nursery