mondo grass as ground cover
Looking for a low-maintenance, versatile option to create a lush, evergreen carpet in your landscape? Mondo grass as ground cover is a beloved choice for New Zealand gardeners seeking both beauty and practicality. Known for its fine, strap-like leaves and year-round green colour, mondo grass offers reliable coverage for a variety of garden settings—whether it's shady coastal beds, formal borders, or tricky spots beneath large trees. It's valued for its resilience, weed-suppressing qualities, and minimal care needs, making it perfect for both contemporary spaces and traditional cottage gardens.
Lomandra longifolia (Basket Grass)
Lomandra longifolia (Basket Grass) is a resilient, evergreen ornamental grass native to Australia. Growing to approximately 60 cm in height and 65 cm in width, it features graceful, deep green foliage and produces yellow flower spikes in spring. This low-maintenance plant thrives in full sun to partial shade and is highly tolerant of drought, frost, wind, and coastal conditions, making it ideal for New Zealand gardens, borders, mass plantings, and commercial landscapes.
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Ophiopogon japonicus nigrescens
Ophiopogon japonicus nigrescens, commonly known as Black Mondo Grass, is a clump-forming plant with fine, near black foliage. The foliage is complemented with flower spikes in summer, which bear tiny, pale pink flowers as it grows to 20 cm tall and the same width. Ophiopogon japonicus nigrescens nigrescens looks best when mass planted and is commonly used in rock gardens, included in borders, planted as a ground cover, or maintained in a container.
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