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Showing posts with label Black Mondo Grass. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Black , Black, Black, Is Chic, Chic, Chic

This is the glamorous and ever so Chic Black Bamboo. I  love love love !

Can you imagine ? This is a close up of it growing.
I mean, this looks as though someone hand painted a bit of gold on it. But it is just growing.....
Tre Chic.
So wild. So green.


I think this grouping of black bamboo would look fabulous bordered with black mondo grass.
This is black mondo grass. It is normally used as a border, but it can also be placed in a planter. Then it looks a bit like a Phyllis Diller wig. Which I love.
This is a typical application. See it along the grass ?
This is what it looks like when it blooms. It doesn't get very tall , about 6" high is all.

Is this glamorous, or what ?  [ see....Phylis Diller Wig, Right ?]
"Description: The ultimate Gothic grass - the black mondo is an evergreen perennial with shiny grass-like foliage forming small slow spreading clumps. The black leaves look fabulous in contrast to ferns and lighter green grasses. The white flowers appear in summer followed by dark black-blue fruit."

Native to: Korea
Hardiness: Full-half hardy
Sun: Full-partial sun
Soil: Any fertile well drained soil
Flower: Violet - white
Leaf: Black
Flowering period: June to August
Maintenance: The black leaves look fabulous in contrast to ferns and lighter green grasses.
Black Mondo is drama.
See how it is growing in this planter? If you were to have a large shallow planter ( round or rectangular), it will grow all the same height, and evenly. Do this in a planter on an outdoor cocktail, or dining table.....you will be quite pleased.


This Black Mondo grass is so inspiring that artists have painted it. I think it is unexpected, and can be a show stopper if it is used in the right application. It seems to just accentuate what ever else it is in, or with. It can be another design tool. And unexpected .
Do you likie ??

sources:
http://www.shweeashbamboo.com/Phyllostachys%20nigra.htm
http://www.edenproject.com/shop/go/plantprint.aspx?id=318
http://jury.co.nz/category/flowering-this-week/
growing bamboo 101 : http://www.bamboos.com/grow.html
Jen's Photography on flickr
images - flickr


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Monday, May 4, 2009


Phyllis Diller with ' mondo hair'.

Mondo grass.


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I have been in this business since the age of 22.

I love what I do and cannot imagine my life without Design.

Design Challenges are great.

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