Mondo Grass Isn’t a Grass?
That's right, Mondo Grass is actually a lily, native to Japan, Korea and China. It's real name is Ophiopogon japonicus and it is a high-end ground cover in the right climates. For years, many years, we have been planning to install Mondo Grass around Iraivan Temple, to create a kind of green-sea effect, since it gets long enough to wave in the tropical breeze and when that happens looks like dark green ocean water.
Planting has begun, but last week we came to an area where the ground was rock hard, and we knew mondo would not be happy there. So today we took Rajendra (the name of our mini-excavator) and deep tilled the hardpan, adding some rich compost to the mix. When done, the swath of mondo will be on the outside of the narrow stone path that surrounds the temple, serving as a simple setting for Iraivan's classic architecture. It will take some months to complete the project.
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December 9th, 2023 at 4:54 pm
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