LIRIOPE Facts

COLORS

Dark green foliage with lavender or purple flower spikes

LIGHT

Grows best in medium shade but also grows from full sun to deep shade

SOIL

Moist, well drained to dry

WATER

pH

HARDINESS

Creeping variety is hardier than big blue variety; evergreen

USES

A favorite landscaping plant

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LIRIOPE

Similar in appearance to grape hyacinth, liriope is a perennial known for its evergreen, grass-like leaves, white or blue flower spikes and bluish black berries that follow. It is ideal as an attractive small-area ground cover and can be used for edging, on slopes and to accent areas around pools, dry steam beds and rock gardens. Liriope, also known as lilyturf, grows to 24 inches with large, arching leaves. Its flowers can be lavender, purple or white. Clump forming, it is an elegant ground cover in areas where it is hardy. Another kind of liriope, creeping lilyturf, grows to about 10 inches and has pale lavender flowers.

Clump-forming, it is an elegant ground cover in areas where it is hardy.

FERTILIZING LIRIOPE

Liriope will grow in sun or shade. It prefers fertile, well-drained, moist soil enriched with a good amount of organic matter. It dies to the ground during winter in the northern part of its range. If its leaves look shaggy at winter's end, mow or cut the plants to the ground, and they will grow back.

Liriope plants will show tip burn on their leaves if the soil contains too much salt or if they are kept too wet where drainage is poor. To propagate, divide before new growth starts in the spring.  Fertilize with Vigoro® All Purpose Plant Food.

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