Plant: Mondo
Euonymus · Ophiopogon japonicus
Size: Tray
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Mondo grass is a grass-like evergreen ground cover that grows up to 1 foot tall and wide in low mounds, spreading by runners into a mat, with hidden summer flowers followed by cobalt blue fruits. It prefers shade and moist, well-drained soil but tolerates sun, is highly salt tolerant and resists deer and foot traffic. Use it as a border, at the foundation, along walkways and patios, in place of lawn in shady areas, or as a filler in containers.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 6 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 6-9
- Evergreen foliage
Plant description
Mondo grass is a grass-like evergreen ground cover that grows up to 1 foot tall and wide in low mounds, spreading by runners into a mat, with hidden summer flowers followed by cobalt blue fruits. It prefers shade and moist, well-drained soil but tolerates sun, is highly salt tolerant and resists deer and foot traffic. Use it as a border, at the foundation, along walkways and patios, in place of lawn in shady areas, or as a filler in containers.
- Flowers
- Small nodding star-shaped flowers, pale lilac to white, held in flattened racemes 2 to 4 inches long and hidden in the foliage in summer.
- Foliage
- Dark green, grass-like linear leaves up to 16 inches long and under 1 inch wide, erect and arching at the tips.
- Fruit
- Globose metallic blue berries under 1 inch across, mostly hidden in the leaves.
- Light
- Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- When used as a turf alternative, mow once a year.
- Native range
- Japan, Korea and China
