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Re: grass

Cin,

Black mondo grass is Ophiopogon planiscapus, and it is slow growing.  The 
easiest source of seeds may be to collect them locally, since the berries 
are still hanging on in my area, at least.  Assuming that you can find 
other gardeners with them or, often, grown in small-scale commercial 
landscaping.

According to the Deno book, the seeds should be washed after removing 
them from the berries.  The easiest way, in general to get seeds out of 
fleshy fruit is to squash the berries onto a piece of paper, air dry and 
scrape seeds into a cup.  Then soak overnight in warm water with a drop 
of dishwashing detergent, strain and rinse, dry and plant.

The seeds will germinate rapidly at warm temperatures, if kept in the 
dark [checking to catch the plants when germinating]. Or plant deeply -- 
a half-inch or so.

Note though that seedling won't grow any faster than the mature plants -- 
that's why they're expensive.

Loren Russell, Corvallis Oregon
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