Mondo Grass????

[Roo]

Hi,
my six inch wide border under the pergola, getting liitle to no sun,
I have tried some Mondo Grass, Flora-edge strips, cost $17 for about a 12"
strip, they reckon it grows to six inches in height but I wonder how fast it
will extend along the border. They reckon just water every day. My border
is about 10 metres long so I will just be buying a few strips.

Any ideas
Roo

[John Savage]

"Roo" > writes:
>my six inch wide border under the pergola, getting liitle to no sun,
>I have tried some Mondo Grass, Flora-edge strips, cost $17 for about a 12"
>strip, they reckon it grows to six inches in height but I wonder how fast it
>will extend along the border. They reckon just water every day. My border
>is about 10 metres long so I will just be buying a few strips.

Mondo is tough. It probably would stand being watered every day, but why
so much watering? Twice a week sounds plenty, even in sandy soil.

Anyway, my experience is that it is VERY SLOW spreading. Probably won't
see any new tufts this year, then each season just a few new plants pop
up on the periphery of the strip. I'd say my clump of mondo spreads about
half an inch per year. I broke it up and planted the individual plants,
to get a wider coverage, and with the years it fills in the gaps.

It's slow to grow upwards .... and outwards!
--
John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)

[Roo]

Not what I wanted to hear.
Thanks Roo
"John Savage" > wrote in message
om...
> "Roo" > writes:
>>my six inch wide border under the pergola, getting liitle to no sun,
>>I have tried some Mondo Grass, Flora-edge strips, cost $17 for about a 12"
>>strip, they reckon it grows to six inches in height but I wonder how fast
>>it
>>will extend along the border. They reckon just water every day. My
>>border
>>is about 10 metres long so I will just be buying a few strips.
>
> Mondo is tough. It probably would stand being watered every day, but why
> so much watering? Twice a week sounds plenty, even in sandy soil.
>
> Anyway, my experience is that it is VERY SLOW spreading. Probably won't
> see any new tufts this year, then each season just a few new plants pop
> up on the periphery of the strip. I'd say my clump of mondo spreads about
> half an inch per year. I broke it up and planted the individual plants,
> to get a wider coverage, and with the years it fills in the gaps.
>
> It's slow to grow upwards .... and outwards!
> --
> John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)
>