| Description | Ophiopogan japonicas
Mondo Grass is a groundcover or bordering plant that lets you throw away your shears. The advantage of Mondo Grass is that once they grow to their full height, they never grow any taller. You simply choose the right height plant for your needs to create a dense, rich, glossy green border that never needs trimming.
Tall Mondo Grass grows to 9-10 inches long and spreads quickly to create a dense evergreen border with a soft look that compliments many gardens. | Pyrus calleryana
Bradford Ornamental Pear, a fast growing – thick and glossy, dark green, heart shaped leaves. Autumn colours are reds, oranges, purples and yellows. Clusters of small white flowers in early spring. Suitable as a feature tree.
Pyramid in shape – becomes broad with age.
Growth in Melbourne, Victoria – Height: 6 Meters Width: 6 Meters
100 litre bag - approx 2.5m tall (Please call to confirm height, as heights change often throughout the seasons.) | Callistemon viminalis
Little John Callistemons have compact blue-green foliage and form a dense bush, making them a popular variety of callistemon. Their deep red bottlebrush flowers apprear from from spring through to autumn, and like all callistemons are bird attracting. Little John Callistemons make good low screening plants or feature shrubs in the garden. |
| Content | Select from Mini Mondo Grass, Tall Mondo Grass or Bongo Borders® Liriope & throw away your shears. The advantage of Mondo Grass and Bongo Borders Liriope is that once they grow to their full height they never grow any taller. You simply choose the right height plant for your needs to create a dense, rich, glossy green border that never needs trimming.
Mini Mondo
Mini Mondo is the most popular Mondo. It spreads quickly & forms a very dense, slightly curly looking, rich green border which will never grow taller than 10cm. Mini Mondo can be planted in front of a low hedge to create a layered effect, or planted as a border around low growing plants that you don’t wish to have dwarfed by your border.
Tall Mondo
Tall Mondo is a finer, straighter leaved Mondo, which grows to a maximum height of 30cm. It spreads quickly and forms a dense evergreen border with a soft look that compliments many gardens, including cottage gardens, lush tropical gardens full of palms, formal gardens & contemporary modern landscapes.
Bongo Borders Liriope
Bongo Borders Liriope are the perfect compliment border & perform like a giant Mondo Grass. Bongo Borders Liriope grow to a maximum height of 90cm. Their rich strap like leaves form a very full and attractive border, which spreads quickly & gives the feeling of luxuriance. Bongo Borders Liriope are a Liriope gigantea (Giant Liriope) that go well with all kinds of garden styles. Use them as a tall to medium border in a series of layered borders.
For more information, view our Mondo Grass factsheet. | Ornamental pear trees are fast growing, tolerant of most soil types, including heavy and poor soils, and best of all they come in a range of shapes and sizes to suit your landscaping requirements.
Check out our Ornamental Pear Tree Factsheet for more info. | |
| Additional information |
| botanical name |
Ophiopogan Japonicas
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| planting distance |
For border: 8 per metre, note: pots may be divided
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| features |
Has a soft look that complements cottage garden to lush tropical gardens, formal, contempory and modern landscapes
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| conditions |
Full sun to shade, can be planted in most soil types
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| landscape use |
Borders around low growing plants, paths, edges an in front of low hedges to create a layered effect, also looks great planted in and around plants in pots
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| botanical name |
Pyrus calleryana "Bradford"
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| height x width |
9m x 5m
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| features |
Attractive shiny foliage that turns spectacular colors of orange-red, reddish-purple and yellow red and says on the tree well into the end of autumn, masses of white flowers are borne in spring
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| conditions |
Very hardy, prefers full sun in well drained soil
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| landscape use |
Specimen, avenue, street tree, small and medium gardens, can be trimmed or espaliered
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| botanical name |
Callistemon viminalis “Little John”
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| height x width |
60-90cm x 1m
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade, prefers well drained soil but will tolerate wet soils
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| landscape use |
Specimen, mixed shrub bed, general garden planting
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