Hi, mondo grass is grown often as a 'companion' plant to bonsai - a little bit in a very small pot sitting about a foot, more or less, away from the larger (and more important) bonsai that's actually part of a display. It's easy to grow - just keep it well watered confined to a smallish pot (it otherwise spreads). It's available from many stores selling aquarium fish and supplies and depending on where you live, may be planted outside year round.

We've had some at work since I started, so like a year and a half. So far, only one thing has upset them: the leaf tips go brown if they're exposed to hot, dry air for long periods, so we don't put them in front of the heaters anymore.

I've got a couple at home now, one Ophiopogon japonicus 'Cassidy' (has plain green leaves that curl at the ends) and one Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens.' Right now, they're about eight inches below an ordinary fluorescent shop light, and that's enough that the black one's leaves are coming in black (in lower light the new growth is green). They've both been much further away from the shop lights before without anything bad happening, though I don't think I asked them to do that for more than a few months. Some of the plants at work have had to go for very long periods in moderate to low light before, though, without seeming to care particularly.

I can't figure out why they're not grown indoors more often: they're not any more boring to look at than, say, spider plants, and they're only marginally more difficult to propagate. If there's a catch somewhere, I haven't seen it yet, and I've had my plants at home for a year ('Cassidy') or six months ('Nigrescens').

On the PATSP 0-10 scale, they rate between -0.3 and +0.7, depending on how generous I'm feeling.

Also I think they're supposed to be hardy to zone 6. Or at least I think 'Nigrescens' is.

Right. Out to buy some this weekend.

I hadn't even thought of Mondo for indoors; yay you!

Korina