Lily turf

It is a tufted, grass-like perennial which typically grows 12-18 inches tall and features clumps of strap-like, arching, glossy, dark green leaves (to 1/2 inch wide. Clumps slowly expand by short stolons to a width of about 1 foot, but plants do not spread aggressively. Roots are fibrous, often with terminal tubers. The small, showy flower occur on erect spikes with tiered whorls of dense, white to violet-purple flowers rising above the leaves in late summer. Flowers resemble those of grape hyacinth (Muscari), which is the origin of the species name. Flowers develop into blackish berries which often persist into winter. Lilyturf is deer resistant. There is considerable variation in leaf color and size among a number of recognized cultivars.