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Liriope muscari
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
A grassy clump with purple spikes in August
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- Light
- Part shade–shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 12–18 in
- Spacing
- 1 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Aug–Sep
- How it spreads
- Clump
- What to buy
- A pot of the clumping kind. Liriope spicata runs and is the wrong plant.
- When to plant
- Apr–May or Sep
In the design
Edge of a north bed. Buy muscari, the clump-former. If the tag says spicata, put it back. Cut last year’s leaves off in early spring.
