[IBC] tips for mondo grass
 

Mark:
I am curious to see your answers. My experience is that it needs
moisture almost constantly. I have one four-year old, plant in a small
flat pot with a tiny ground cover, also, and I keep that pot from ever
drying out. It is in a shaded area of the green house, plenty of light but
no hot sun.

Lynn

Lynn Boyd, Oregon, USA





Hello all
I got some mondo grass this summer and potted it up in accent plant pots.
it
has sat on a window sill since then and sat is the operative word-has not
done
much at all.Doesnt seem to grow and leaf tips turn brown. What is the
best way
to make this stuff happy?
Thanx
Mark


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[IBC] tips for mondo grass
 

Hello all
I got some mondo grass this summer and potted it up in accent
plant pots.
it
has sat on a window sill since then and sat is the operative
word-has not
done
much at all.Doesnt seem to grow and leaf tips turn brown.
What is the
best way
to make this stuff happy?
Thanx
Mark


Mark:
I am curious to see your answers. My experience is that it
needs
moisture almost constantly. I have one four-year old, plant
in a small
flat pot with a tiny ground cover, also, and I keep that pot
from ever
drying out. It is in a shaded area of the green house, plenty
of light but
no hot sun.

Lynn

Lynn Boyd, Oregon, USA



Gosh, maybe it needs constant moisture in a pot.

But in MY yard it is a bloomin' pest (but since the blooms are
attractive, it is tolerated). In the hot summer, my French (or
is that still "Liberty?" ;-) Bulldog and our Aunt's Doberman lie
on it because it is cool. They mash out little nests, but it
grows (and blooms, and goes to seed) just fine under them.

I have it lining both sides of my front walk, and since the birds
love the berries it is now appearing in my yard, too. It does do
better in fairly heavy shade. I do NOT (repeat, NOT) water it.

But pots probably are different. Mondo grass puts out a LOT of
root, including runners that can go for 12 feet or more before
another &^%$# plant pops up somewhere.

Anyone who wants some is welcome to come visit. I will supply
the trowel.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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[IBC] tips for mondo grass
 

Are we talking Ophiopogon planiscapus? If so, mine are vine weevil
magnets. They also suffer red spider damage more than most others in my
shade house. Constant moisture in the growing period and full sun to
partial shade seem to suit mine. The Nigrescens form seems less vigorous
and when planted out here gets pulled up by the birds.

The large fleshy roots with nodules seem to do better in accent pots
with a greater volume of soil rather than very small ones.

Hope this helps

Kev Bailey
Vale Of Clwyd, North Wales


Hello all
I got some mondo grass this summer and potted it up in accent plant
pots. it
has sat on a window sill since then and sat is the operative word-has
not done
much at all.Doesnt seem to grow and leaf tips turn brown. What is the
best way
to make this stuff happy?
Thanx
Mark



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[IBC] tips for mondo grass
 

Are we talking Ophiopogon planiscapus?

O. japonicus is the most common species around here. There is a
dwarf form (Kyoto dwarf) with 2-inch leaves and tiny purple
flowers. NEAT! No major bug problems that _I_ know of.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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[IBC] tips for mondo grass
 

Are we talking Ophiopogon planiscapus?

O. japonicus is the most common species around here. There is a
dwarf form (Kyoto dwarf) with 2-inch leaves and tiny purple
flowers. NEAT! No major bug problems that _I_ know of.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - The phrase
'sustainable growth' is an oxymoron. - Stephen Viederman

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