Herself's Houseplants

Thanks for the photo and what a neat idea with the gravel

I was wandering through news stories I’ve posted here looking for plants I hadn’t covered and ran across Mondo Grass. I thought this is a might strange houseplant. But then I went looking for pictures and found this really cool planting of Mondo Grass as a houseplant. It looks so minimalist and modern I love it.

Outdoors it is a drought tolerant plant so if you forget to water it occasionally it’ll forgive you. It also does well in boggy areas so it should forgive you just about anything as a houseplant. It prefers moist but not sopping soil.

It will need bright light however. Remember shade outside is like a bright window indoors.

It should also do well in an indoor water garden or fountain. It is commonly used as an accent plant in bonsai.

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This is a slow growing plant from Mexico. It will stay compact and has a slight blue tinge to its leaves. Keep people from touching it, it will mar the leaves. But they will fix themselves. They do flower on spikes which can become quite long. They do well under fluorescent lights making them a good office plant. But they will need some time with regular sunlight to flower.

Treat it as you would a cactus, lots of light, very little water. This one has survived some rainy months, but prefers light watering.  Plant them in mostly sand with a little bit of peat.

You can’t give this plant too much sun. Give it plenty of light and it’ll do fine. It’s a fast grower once it settles in.

This plant was only recently discovered in 1974.