alternative to mondo grass
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wanted: Black Mondo Grass /Japanese Forest Grass and:
Comments (1)Fran,I have a collection of grases however just getting started with forest grass,no black mondo,have zebra grass,white striped fountain grass and green, hevey metal, a really great grass Dewys blue.karl forrester,a small brown carex,you missed the best time to get grasses is in the early spring ive got some left could trade with you if intrested, also have pond plants and colocasia for trade Hightider...See MoreMondo Grass as Lawn
Comments (5)Can you clarify what you mean by mondo grass? Are you referring to regular mondo grass, aka monkey grass or liriope? The name mondo grass or money grass is often used to refer to the clumping grasscovers like liriope muscari or liriope spicata, but they get pretty tall compared to an actual lawn grass. Or do you mean the shorter dwarf mondo grass? Either way, I don't think either will work underneath a tree as a ground cover if children play there. They are heavily clumping and it would seem like the kids would be prone to trip over them---more so the regular mondo grass than the dwarf one. While ground covers are a great lawn substitute in shady areas where there's not enough sunshine for grass, they generally are used to cover the ground and hold the soil in place and not as a lawn substitute where they'll be walked on. Instead, people tend to put down paver type walkways or mulch walkways for people to walk on (which I know is not what you want) and then the lawn cover plants are on either side of the paver pathways. We ha neighbors who had liriope muscari in a significant portion of their yard when I was a kid, and because it was tall, thick/dense and clumping and easy to trip over, we kids avoided those areas like the plague. I've seen dwarf mondo grass used planted closely (it spread more slowly than liriope when I planted it in Fort Worth) as a shorter ground cover in shady areas, but we didn't walk on ours so I have no idea if it would hold up to heavy foot traffic. I've never seen either of them used as a dense ground cover in an area where children play, and I'm guessing there is a reason for that....See MoreBlack Mondo Grass companion plant
Comments (1)Hard to see clearly from this distance :-) And that may be foliage rather than flowers. Some plants that would provide a similar appearance are Santolina chamaecyparissus, Calluna vulgaris 'Silver Queen' or 'Silver Knigh't or Hebe 'Quicksilver'....See MoreSuggestion for a companion to Purple Heart and Mondo grass
Comments (4)Hahaha, @floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK, those are wired lights! LOL They weren't cheap, either, so my feelings are legit hurt right now :-O https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07NMF6P6X/ @cecily 7A, I honestly don't like mondo grass at all, it was just like that when I bought the place and I haven't been able to think of a good alternative. I've cleared off a lot of trees around the perimeter of my land this year, and I'm thinking about digging up ALL of the mondo grass that I have and using it as a grass-like ground cover in the new area so that I won't have to mow it. I'm thinking about emulating this in some way: (Source: https://savvygardening.com/evergreen-groundcover/ ) That looks like creeping phlox, verbana, some sort of daylily, and some sort of herb in the back? I like the look, but I'm not sure how they keep the phlox in check. Maybe a surrounding border of pea gravel to keep it from spreading out? But the others aren't evergreen, so for half the year my main entrance would look weird and blotchy. I might could use mondo grass in addition to the bulb plants, though? What evergreen would you suggest in place of the verbana?...See Moredrl29
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