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    Also Known As

    • Taiwan Mondo Grass

    Plant type

    perennial, grass / grass like

    size

    • H: 8"
    • W: 36"

    planting zones

    • 7a-10b

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    Ophiopogon formosanus plant details

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    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    A small, green mondo grass with narrow, green leaves, only 6 to 8" long with a lax habit.  Forms large clumps - up to 3 ft wide - making a very nice groundcover for morning sun or light shade. Summer flowers are white on short racemes and produce large blue berry-like fruit. This form, originally collected at high elevations by Crug Farm's Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones.  Rich soil and regular summer water.  Frost hardy at least to upper USDA zone 7 and possibly lower.

    By: Cistus Nursery

    Gardening facts about Ophiopogon formosanus plant

    How to Grow Ophiopogon formosanus

    • Sun Exposure

      • bright shade - mostly shade

    • Water Needs

      • regular - occasional

    • Soil Needs

      • well-drained

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green

    • Flower Color

      • white

    • Fruit

      • blue

    • Flower Season

      • summer

    • Foliage Season

      • evergreen

    • Texture

      • grassy

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