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Decorative mondo grass. Pink muhly or cotton candy grass muhlenbergia capillaris also known as hairawn muhly this is a perennial semi evergreen ornamental grass with fluffy pink purple flowers and a sedge like appearance. Mondo grass has actually evergreen tufty appeal. With its exotic modern looking fine bladed texture you can use black mondo grass as you would low ornamental grasses in your garden and containers for its textural appeal ground cover abilities and relaxed nature. How to grow mondo grass.
Leaves are inch wide 1 3 cm and glossy green or even variegated. On top of its crisp foliage small stalks of flowers appear in summer reminiscent of grape hyacinths. In addition to blue fescue other popular ornamental fescues include atlas fescue festuca mairei california fescue festuca californica and sheep fescue festuca ovina. But in the world of ornamental grasses fescues are considered low growers and are often used as edgings borders and ground covers.
An easy to grow attractive groundcover mondo grass makes a great turf alternative. See more ideas about monkey grass grass mondo grass. Apr 14 2015 explore leespeerarchie s board monkey grass on pinterest. This grass like foliage forms dense tufts that slowly spread over time and require no mowing.
In summer a single flower stalk sprouts carrying small bell shaped pinkish flowers. Mondo grass can also make a minimalist statement as a container plant indoors or out nbsp nbsp. Black mondo grass has evergreen tufty charm. Mondo grass spreads by stolons or underground stems and can slowly form dense colonies.
Mondo grass care is extremely minimal but you do need to choose the correct site and prepare the bed for best results. Variegated mondo grass silver dragon mondo grass. With its unique modern looking fine bladed appearance you can use mondo lawn as you would low decorative turfs in your garden and also containers for its textural appeal ground cover capabilities and loosened up nature. Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens or black mondo grass is a clumping plant with thick tufts of arching black leaves.
The strappy leaves are about 12 inches long 30 cm when mature. These ornamental perennial grasses also make stunning displays when individually planted in decorative urns along walkways and outside doorways.