Attractive clumps of stemless dark green grass-like leaves make a beautiful small-scale ground cover or low border. Tiny spikes of lilac flowers appear in summer. This care-free, easy to grow perennial is ideal for adding texture to the garden. Evergreen.
Also known as monkey grass, is an evergreen, sod-forming perennial. The plants are tufted, grass-like and 8 to 16 inches high. They are erect to arching, and smooth and grass-like. Mondo grass is quite often confused with liriope. However, the leaves of mondo grass are more narrow than those of liriope.
The smaller flowers are hidden by the leaves, the fruits are blue compared to the black fruits of liriope and mondo grass is less cold hardy.
Mondo grass grows well in ordinary garden soil, requiring minimum attention once established. Plants thrive in filtered sun to full shade and prefer moist soil. Mondo grass growing in the shade has dark green leaves.
Mondo grass leaves can be sheared back in early spring when they begin to look shaggy. Sheering is best before new growth starts and it does not need heavy feeding. It looks attractive year round.