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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Erosion control
Groundcover
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners

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Common names
  • Mondo Grass
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ophiopogon planiscapus
  • Synonym: Mondo planiscapum

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Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2018-11-02
Black Mondo Grass
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-29
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-03-09
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2021

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-07-22
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-07-11
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2014-07-15
Location: Botanical garden of Madeira
Date: 2023-04-11
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