Giant Lily Turf
Best low-maintenance groundcover for busy gardeners seeking year-round landscape texture.
Enhance your garden with Lily Turf, a dense, grass-like perennial known for its arching, glossy dark green leaves. This low-maintenance plant offers lovely spikes of powdery blue or lavender flowers in late summer, followed by attractive black berries in early fall. Its ground-hugging habit makes it ideal for mass planting, border edging, or as a general groundcover. Lily Turf grows quickly, tolerates urban conditions, and provides year-round visual interest with its persistent foliage and seasonal blooms.
$14.99
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4.6
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Category Rank
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Price vs Category Average
-66%
Below average
Mature Height
18
/ inches
Who it's for
- Busy gardeners needing low-maintenance plants for difficult, shady spots
- Landscapers seeking consistent, year-round texture for garden borders
- Homeowners living in areas with high deer and rabbit activity
Who should skip it
- Impatient gardeners wanting immediate, full-coverage groundcover results
- Gardeners with heavy, poorly draining clay soil conditions
- Low-effort gardeners avoiding regular maintenance or plant division tasks
Performance breakdown
Maintenance Ease
Requires minimal effort to keep looking lush and healthy year-round.
Groundcover Efficiency
Dense growth habit effectively suppresses weeds and eliminates filler plant needs.
Environmental Adaptability
Thrives across a wide range of zones and tolerates urban conditions.
Seasonal Visual Interest
Provides consistent foliage color with distinct floral and berry phases.
Drought Tolerance
Handles dry spells well once established in the landscape.
Growth Speed
Rapid establishment makes it a top choice for quick garden coverage.
Key Specs
Mature Height
18 inches
Mature Width
24 inches
Light Needs
Partial Shade, Shade
Bloom Time
Late Summer
Growth Rate
Fast
Hardiness Zone
4-10
Water Needs
Average to Moist
Life Expectancy
Approximately 10 years
Features
- Dainty spikes of lavender and blue flowers.
- Attractive glossy, dark green foliage.
- Abundant black berries in fall.
- Dense, ground-hugging growth habit.
- Low maintenance plant.
- Eliminates need for facer plants.
- Drought tolerant.
- Suitable for containers.
What customers say
Customers consistently praise the exceptional quality of the Giant Lily Turf purchased from Armstrong Garden Centers. Reviewers frequently note that the plants arrive healthy, robust, and establish quickly with minimal fuss. The reliability of this groundcover is a major selling point, thriving even in challenging conditions and providing dense, attractive foliage year after year. This ease of maintenance and proven hardiness makes it a highly recommended choice for gardeners seeking dependable landscape solutions.
Know before you buy
No, this plant actually prefers partial shade to full shade. It is an excellent choice for brightening up darker corners of your garden where other flowering plants might struggle.
Since Giant Lily Turf reaches a mature width of 24 inches, you should space them about 18 to 24 inches apart. This allows the plants to grow together to form a dense, uniform groundcover.
Yes, it is very easy to care for once established. The only significant maintenance required is a light pruning in early spring to remove old foliage before the new growth emerges.
It is highly adaptable and hardy in zones 4 through 10. Its persistent foliage provides year-round interest, though it may look different depending on the severity of your local winter.
Absolutely. Its dense, arching habit looks great in containers, especially when used as a filler or a spiller. Just ensure the pot has good drainage and keep the soil consistently moist.
Giant Lily Turf is a fast grower. With proper water and soil conditions, you can expect it to reach its mature height of 18 inches and width of 24 inches relatively quickly.
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