Re: Liriope & ophiopogon
I started Black Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus 'nigrescens')
last fall from seed and the plant, only one to germinate, is very slow
growing, but showing new growth. I brought it in to a west facing kitchen
window for the winter and it seems happy enough there.
I don't know how to water it so I have opted to water occasionally. The
soil was just good garden soil with course sand - another guess on my part.
When the plant was outdoors, it was in afternoon sun and showing a lot of
new growth which unfortuately I kept pulling out because I thought it was a
weed growing in the pot. Took me awhile to catch on. The older leaves
mature to a beautiful purple/black while the new growth is a soft light
green - well that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I know only that they are slow growing, won't winter over in the ground
here and that the Black Mondo, at least, is worth the wait.
Gail
Massachusetts, zone 6, summers 90+ with humidity to match, lately mild
winters, little snow (damn it!).
At 06:00 AM 12/1/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Lily Turf and Mondo Grass for the linguistically challanged among
>you....
>I have these two plants in the GH, going on a year now. The soil is
>acid-ish, moisture is constant and lighting is shaded with other plants
>in full sun as a trial. temperatures are natural, in that I'm not
>heating this GH.
>Waaaaa....they simply won't grow. And they won't die, either.
>Information about them is scarce, so I don't know if they simply don't
>like our cooler temps (my suspicion) or if I'm truely doing something
>wrong.
>I've heard that they grow wonderfully as ground covers in the east.
>ANY info would be appreciated.
>--
>The Greenhouse Nursery
>81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
>Port Angeles, WA 98362
>(360) 417-2664
>Zone 8
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