My Black Lab ate my Black Mondo Grass!

[Scoutsmum]

I thought she was playing with a Crow feather and was thinking, "Good Dog!" Until I went out and had a look around for the bird. It was the center tuft of my Black Mondo grass!!!! She took the middle right out of it. Stupid dog.

[LucyGoose]

That would make me

[Old earth dog]

My new pup was chewing on a Rugosa rose bush yesterday. I think I'm in deep "stuff" with this guy. I love it!

[Gruntfuttock]

I'm sorry about your black grass, it's a pain when pets are naughty.

But, black grass is something I can't come to terms with, it just looks like dead grass to me. Am I alone in feeling this way?

[Scoutsmum]

I haven't had it long enough to decide, Gruntfuttock.

(By The Way, want to give me an explanation for your name?

I think it looks good in mixed planters, and I thought it would contrast well with light-colored Hostas. Hopefully, the rest will live and I'll get to see if I like it this Summer.

[Gruntfuttock]

Yes, it looks better in summer than winter.

J Peasmould Gruntfuttock - character in a 1960's comedy radio programme, I've always liked it.

[wild4flowers]

What are the optimum growing conditions for black mondo grass? I have some that is just sitting there. It hasn't died, but it doesn't seem to be spreading either. I too, wanted something to contrast with my hostas and perennials. It doesn't seem to get very big or bushy. CHAR

[Aud]

wild4flower, just wondering how your BM is doing. I did not think it was hardy in our zone.

[wild4flowers]

It must be just marginal to me. I did uncover it this spring, and it is still there, but not spreading at all. When I got it, I had visions of a nice dark low border of grass. Char.

[John]

I like the black mondo, and set it amongst the yellow-chartreuse creeping-jenny (Lysismachia mummularia aurea- spelling?). The grass that really looks dead to me is the bronze one, might be a Carex/sedge? Had a great one from datdog, but it did not survive the winter. It was actually bronze-brown, like a dead clump, but cool with blue-color grasses as companions.

[wild4flowers]

The coolest thing about the bronze sedge was the flower heads. They were all underneath the droopy foliage, and hidden within it. I kept parting it o look for them. I flattopped mine when I trimmed it, not knowing how to prune it, so we'll see what happens. So far, because it is always brown, I can't tell if it is still living. CHAR

[nanny_56]

I think you are in the wrong place!