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How to Care Lilyturfs, Growing Lilyturfs, Caring for Lilyturfs

Also known as : Spider grasses
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Scientific Classification of Lilyturfs

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Liriope muscari 'Gold Band'
Big blue lilyturf 'Gold Band'
Big blue lilyturf 'Gold Band' is a gorgeous lily turf that is hardy, compact, and alluring. It has lovely lavender flowers that bloom in late summer. While the parent plant has green foliage, big blue lilyturf 'Gold Band' is unique in that its foliage has golden stripes (hence the name 'Gold Band'). This cultivar is a great addition for those wanting to add more unique colors to their groundcover or lawn.
Liriope minor
Monkey grass
Rhizome is short and grows with a long toothpick beside it. The hair root is elongated. The leaves are linear roots are 10 to 20 cm high and 2 to 3 mm wide and the flowering period from the root to the outside is from summer to fall. From between the rooted leaves let the flower stems which are shorter than the leaves and have a height of 10 to 15 cm stand upright add inflorescences to the top of them and sparsely place small flowers. The flowers are light purple or white have a short floral pattern of 2 to 3 mm in length and bloom upward. There are six flower pieces and they are oblong and flat open. There are 6 stamens the yarn is thick and the cocoon is long and yellow. The ovary has three upper rooms each with two ovules. The style is cylindrical and has a small stigma. After the flower small seeds ripen from the fruit and mature. The seeds are black are 4 to 6 mm in diameter and look like fruits. It resembles that of the genus Genus but the leaves are softer than the genus beard and the inflorescence is not bent and stands upright. In addition the seeds are blue but the seeds are black and can be distinguished.
Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Big blue lilyturf 'Big Blue'
A cultivar of Lilyturf, also known as monkey grass, big blue lilyturf 'Big Blue' is named for the small, lilac-colored blossoms that appear in late summer, followed in winter by round, shiny black berries. The appearance of its flowers are surprising given this cultivar's name, 'Big Blue'! Its appealing appearance and low care requirements make it a popular lawn substitute.
Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
Big blue lilyturf 'Monroe White'
Unlike its parent plant plant, Lilyturf, which has lilac flowers, the big blue lilyturf 'Monroe White' cultivar was cultivated to have white flowers. Thanks to its long, narrow dark green leaves, showy spikes of white flowers, and clump-forming growth habit, this cultivar has become a popular garden plant.
Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
Big blue lilyturf 'Variegata'
Big blue lilyturf 'Variegata' (Liriope muscari 'Variegata') is very similar to its parent plant, blue lilyturf (Liriope muscari), but slightly more ornate. Unlike lilyturf, big blue lilyturf 'Variegata' has variegated white edges to its leaves, earning it its name. These plants can be planted in shady areas of the garden and can even be used as grass for some landscapes.
Liriope muscari 'Royal Purple'
Big blue lilyturf 'Royal Purple'
Big blue lilyturf 'Royal Purple' is a grass-like evergreen perennial offering long narrow leaves that grow in a compact fountain-like shape. It blooms with tall spikes of beautiful deep violet clusters of flowers. This cultivar of Liriope muscari is named for the color of its flowers. Gardeners love this plant for edging, rock gardens, containers, and ground cover.
Liriope muscari
Big blue lilyturf
Big blue lilyturf is an evergreen perennial endemic to East Asia. Comparable to grape hyacinths, this plant has velvety, lush foliage and abundant lavender-blue spikes with black berries blooming next to it. It is a famous, enticing plant that looks especially good at sloping waterways. This low-maintenance plant is excellent for ground cover and edging.
Liriope spicata
Creeping lilyturf
Creeping lilyturf (Liriope spicata) is an herbaceous flowering plant native to East Asia. It is commonly used in landscaping for ground cover. Blackish berries develop on this plant in fall.
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It is widely distributed occurring in southern Europe most of Africa and the Middle East through to the Indian subcontinent. Species of dipcadi grow from small bulbs. The solitary flower stem (scape) bears a loose raceme of green or brown flowers sometimes with different colours at the tips of the three inner tepals. The black seeds are in the shape of a disc or a flattened globe. As of spring 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized 41 species and one hybrid.
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Bowiea
Bowiea genus contains only one species: Bowiea volubilis, sometimes called the climbing onion. An odd-looking plant, this succulent perennial has a large, onion-like bulb that grows half-buried in the ground. It goes dormant during winter and develops new twining stems. It is often grown as an ornamental plant. In nature, bowiea grow in desert areas of eastern and southern Africa.
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Fringe-lily
Fringe-lily is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. They are mostly native to Australia with 45 of the 50 known species occurring in Western Australia alone, although a few species range northward into New Guinea and Southeast Asia as far north as southern China.
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Attributes of Lilyturfs

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Ideal Temperature
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Scientific Classification of Lilyturfs

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Liriope muscari 'Gold Band'
Big blue lilyturf 'Gold Band'
Big blue lilyturf 'Gold Band' is a gorgeous lily turf that is hardy, compact, and alluring. It has lovely lavender flowers that bloom in late summer. While the parent plant has green foliage, big blue lilyturf 'Gold Band' is unique in that its foliage has golden stripes (hence the name 'Gold Band'). This cultivar is a great addition for those wanting to add more unique colors to their groundcover or lawn.
Liriope minor
Monkey grass
Rhizome is short and grows with a long toothpick beside it. The hair root is elongated. The leaves are linear roots are 10 to 20 cm high and 2 to 3 mm wide and the flowering period from the root to the outside is from summer to fall. From between the rooted leaves let the flower stems which are shorter than the leaves and have a height of 10 to 15 cm stand upright add inflorescences to the top of them and sparsely place small flowers. The flowers are light purple or white have a short floral pattern of 2 to 3 mm in length and bloom upward. There are six flower pieces and they are oblong and flat open. There are 6 stamens the yarn is thick and the cocoon is long and yellow. The ovary has three upper rooms each with two ovules. The style is cylindrical and has a small stigma. After the flower small seeds ripen from the fruit and mature. The seeds are black are 4 to 6 mm in diameter and look like fruits. It resembles that of the genus Genus but the leaves are softer than the genus beard and the inflorescence is not bent and stands upright. In addition the seeds are blue but the seeds are black and can be distinguished.
Liriope muscari 'Big Blue'
Big blue lilyturf 'Big Blue'
A cultivar of Lilyturf, also known as monkey grass, big blue lilyturf 'Big Blue' is named for the small, lilac-colored blossoms that appear in late summer, followed in winter by round, shiny black berries. The appearance of its flowers are surprising given this cultivar's name, 'Big Blue'! Its appealing appearance and low care requirements make it a popular lawn substitute.
Liriope muscari 'Monroe White'
Big blue lilyturf 'Monroe White'
Unlike its parent plant plant, Lilyturf, which has lilac flowers, the big blue lilyturf 'Monroe White' cultivar was cultivated to have white flowers. Thanks to its long, narrow dark green leaves, showy spikes of white flowers, and clump-forming growth habit, this cultivar has become a popular garden plant.
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Semele
Semele
Semele is a genus of flowering plants native to the Canary Islands and Madeira. Three species are recognized.
Dipcadi
Dipcadi
It is widely distributed occurring in southern Europe most of Africa and the Middle East through to the Indian subcontinent. Species of dipcadi grow from small bulbs. The solitary flower stem (scape) bears a loose raceme of green or brown flowers sometimes with different colours at the tips of the three inner tepals. The black seeds are in the shape of a disc or a flattened globe. As of spring 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized 41 species and one hybrid.
Eustrephus
Eustrephus
Arthropodium
Rock lily
Barnardia
Barnardia
Barnardia is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants. Plants of barnardia grow from bulbs. The flowers appear in the autumn and are borne in a dense raceme containing small narrow bracts. Individual flowers are star-shaped, small, and with pink or more rarely white tepals. The elongated seeds are dark brown in colour. The genus has two species, one found in the Balearic Islands and north-west Africa, the other in East Asia.
Bowiea
Bowiea
Bowiea genus contains only one species: Bowiea volubilis, sometimes called the climbing onion. An odd-looking plant, this succulent perennial has a large, onion-like bulb that grows half-buried in the ground. It goes dormant during winter and develops new twining stems. It is often grown as an ornamental plant. In nature, bowiea grow in desert areas of eastern and southern Africa.
Thysanotus
Fringe-lily
Fringe-lily is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. They are mostly native to Australia with 45 of the 50 known species occurring in Western Australia alone, although a few species range northward into New Guinea and Southeast Asia as far north as southern China.
Pseudogaltonia
Pseudogaltonia
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