The team coated clippings of chrysanthemum and
lilyturf with luminescent MOFs and then exposed the plants to UVC light for three hours.
Ones with strap leaves, like
lilyturf, or plants like mountain pine, with needles, are also not on their menu.
PLANT OF THE WEEK LIRIOPE MUSCARI Big blue
lilyturf, pictured right, is a low-growing herbaceous perennial.
1 Peace Lily 2 Chrysanthemum morifolium 3 English Ivy 4 Red-Edged Dracaena 5 Variegated Sansevieria 6 Cornstalk Dracaena 7 Gerbera jamesonii 8 Broadleaf Lady Palm 9
Lilyturf (Liriope spicata) 10 Devil's Ivy (Pothos) has
For small pots you can plant them with colourful heuchera or Tellima grandiflora or with the black
lilyturf, Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'.
But grass-like groundcovers such as Liriope (creeping
lilyturf) are well-suited to much of the country and needs mowing just once a year, she says.
Potential biological control of weed in rice fields by allelopathy of dwarf
lilyturf plants.
Good choices for you include
lilyturf (Ophiopogon planiscapus "Nigrescens"), known for its grass-like black leaves in the summer, lilac flowers and black fruits, providing stunning colour contrast with the annual Scotch marigold (calendula), with its dark orange, daisy-like flowers, which needs full sun to be at its best.
For example, the names Liriope, Lirio,
Lilyturf, and Monkeygrass can all refer to the same plant.
Korean velvetgrass and
lilyturf require little irrigation and need only be weeded twice a year.