Lilyturf flowers in August when most of us are tethered to the lifeline of our air conditioners and miss its elegant display. Flowers are light blue, individually small but borne up a slender scape that is held above the foliage.
Variegated lilyturf is popular for its grasslike, cream- or yellow-margined leaves. It will grow in the dry shade created by tree roots and canopy, even when nothing else will.
Variegated Lilyturf
Versatile and easy to grow, thriving in shade, partial sun, and sun in cool climates, the only maintenance Lilyturf requires is a complete "haircut" in late winter and protection from snails.
White Lilyturf - Clumping to 18" tall w/narrow lvs striped green & white, w/white flowers & blue berries in summer. Shade/ part sun. Regular H2O. Hardy to 0-10 F. [Liriope Aztec Lily, Ophiopogon jaburan'Vittatus']
Ophiopogon japonicus ...
Lilyturf forms a dense evergreen groundcover with a grass-like appearance. It blooms in July to August with lavender, purple or white flower spikes.
John Burch Lilyturf ( Liriope muscari )
John Cabot Rose ( Rosa )
John Cairns Kaempferi Azalea ( Rhododendron kaempferi ) ...
Liriope, Lilyturf
Grasslike in appearance and habit, but not a grass at all -- actually, it's a member of the lily family. A popular ground cover or edging plant. Purple flower spikes in late summer, giving way to deep purple berries in winter.
Creeping lilyturf, blue lilyturf (Liriope muscari, Liriope spicata)
Creeping red fescue, chewings fescue (Festuca rubra rubra, Festuca rubra commutata)
Creeping thyme, mother-of-thyme, wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
Cress (Lepidium sativum) ...
Big Blue Lilyturf [English]: Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Big Blue Lilyturf [English]: Liriope muscari
Big Blue Liriope [English]: Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Big Blue Siberian Iris [English]: Iris sibirica 'Big Blue' ...
creeping lilyturf Liriope spicatum
creeping velvet grass Holcus mollis
crested wheatgrass Agropyron cristatum
crimson fountaingrass Pennisetum setaceum
cross-leaved heath, bog heather Erica tetralix
crown vetch Coronilla varia ...
American Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 'Aurea' Variegated Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 'Moraine' Moraine Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 'Rotundiloba' Sweetgum Liriodendron tulipifera Tuliptree Liriope platyphylla (muscari) Big Blue Lilyturf ...
Liriope, also commonly called border grass is not actually a grass but a member of the lily family, a fact that inspires another of its common names, lilyturf.
Liriope spicata : Creeping Lilyturf - Foliage
Lobelia cardinalis : Cardinal Flower - Whole Plant
Lobelia siphilitica : Great Blue Lobelia - Whole Plant ...
Liriope muscari. Lilyturf, from China and Japan.
Livistona chinensis. Chinese Fan Palm. From South China. Highly invasive.
Lobster Claw. Heliconia wagneriana.
Lilyturf (Liriope muscari and Liriope spicata)
Mint (Mentha)
Pachysandra
Pearlwort (Sagina subulata)
Periwinkle (Vinca)
Shasta daisy (Leucanthemum)
Soleirolia (Soleirolia soleirolii)
Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) ...
It came back a second time to check (then reject) the pale violet flowers of lilyturf, then seemed inordinantly curious about a pool of dwarf cattails that had no blooms.
Ophiopogon planiscapus
Family: Convallariaceae / Liliaceae
Black Mondo grass, Black Lilyturf, Snakebeard ...
Plant a grassy skirt of Silvery Sunproof Lilyturf (Liriope muscari `Silvery Sunproof`) around the base of the rose.
Lilyturf (Liriope muscari)
Meadow rue (Thalictrum)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula)
Onion, flowering (Allium)
Paperflower, woolly (Psilostrophe tagetina)
Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis)
Peony (Paenoia)
Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
Pincushion flower (Scabiosa) ...
 See also: Liriope, Grass, Liriope muscari, Green, Pink
  
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