Dee's Gardens
Common Name
Lily-turf or Monkey Grass
Botanical Name
Liriope spicata
Zones
4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Light Requirements
Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade
Water Needs
Low to Average
Soil
Average
Height
8-12"
Spread
18-24"
Critter Resistance
Deer, Rabbit
Other
 Can be grown under many conditions but
performs best in light shade and rich soil.  
It has an extreme tolerance of humidity,
heat and drought, though does well in
moist, well draining soils also.
Plant Size
 Grade #1  (click here to see Image)
 
 
   
Liriope s. or Lily-turf  is a unique evergreen groundcover with dark green
grass like foliage.  Delightful, pale lavender flowers appear on slender
stalks in midsummer.  Spreads by underground stolons, and under ideal
conditions quickly forms a thick carpet useful for erosion control and as a
groundcover.
Additional Images
A clump of Liriope with Caladium 'Florida Cardinal'  and Caladium 'Aaron'
In the Spring the foliage maybe cut back or mowed if
looking discolored from winter.  A new flush of growth
will quickly appear.