Liriope muscari Samantha

Common Name:
Samantha Lilyturf

Description:
Liriope muscari 'Samantha' is a distinctive and elegant cultivar prized for its softly variegated foliage and delicate pale pink flower spikes — a rare and charming variation among lilyturfs. Its fine, strappy leaves emerge deep green with creamy-white to silvery edges, forming neat, grass-like clumps that provide structure and year-round texture in garden beds or pots. From late summer to early autumn, 'Samantha' produces lightly fragrant, soft pink flowers that rise gracefully above the foliage, adding a gentle splash of seasonal colour. Ideal for shaded or partly sunny locations, this cultivar thrives in Melbourne gardens, tolerating a range of soil types including clay and sandy loam, provided there is good drainage. Once established, it is both drought and frost tolerant and requires minimal maintenance, making it perfect for borders, underplanting, and mass ground cover in low-traffic areas.

Form:
*Ground Cover
*Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
*Height: 30–40 cm
*Width: 30–45 cm

Aspect:
*Full Sun
*Part Shade
*Full Shade

Flowering:
*Flowers in Late Summer
*Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
*Soft pink

Key Attributes:
*Suitable for Pots
*Drought Tolerant
*Frost Tolerant
*Perennial
*Herbaceous
*Low Maintenance
*Shade Tolerant
*Weed Suppressing
*Erosion Control
*Suitable for Borders
*Lightly Fragrant Flowers
*Ornamental Foliage

Toxicity:
*Non-toxic to humans
*Non-toxic to pets

Companion Plants:
*Clivia miniata
*Dianella ‘Little Jess’
*Ajuga reptans
*Lomandra ‘Tanika’
*Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine)