If your flower beds need a little something extra to fill them in, check out these ground covers that can make great ...

Black mondo grass offers the kind of colorful display many gardeners dream about, but for a more colorful display, consider growing these companion plants.

Here are some grasses that handle wet winters and dry summers with relative ease, while adding year-round interest and texture.

Black mondo grass, above left, provides year round stability and structure. Whenever I add a new plant to my garden, I make an effort to consider how its appearance will affect the plants nearby.

Perhaps a ruffle of purple heuchera under the skirts of the magnolia tree or an edging of black mondo grass to frame and contrast the white flowers.

How to care for evergreen grasses Evergreen grasses can include grass like plants such as Mondo grass or the sedge, Carex pansa. Evergreen grasses never go completely dormant and should not be cut ...

I also have some mondo grass growing in a shady spot, it only gets about five inches tall. Then there is the texture of ornamental grass. On our windy days, it sways in a graceful constant motion.

Maintaining its color throughout the growing season, Hakone grass makes a great foil for plants featuring darker foliage or flowers. Black mondo grass, euphorbia 'Blackbird,' phormium 'Platt's ...

Dogs tend to shy away from prickly plants. Mondo grass, which grows in rhizomatous clumps of slender and slippery leaves, can neither be pulled up nor pulled apart by canine paws.

Q: I want to speed up the growth on mondo grass planted in sugar sand between stepping stones and also encourage monkey grass to grow into a solid mass where I'm removing some St. Augustine. What ...

This is dwarf mondo grass can be used in place of traditional lawn grass. Betty Montgomery/Provided In landscaping, ground covers are a wonderful tool that are often chosen for aesthetic reasons.

Dwarf mondo grass (Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana') is a low-growing evergreen perennial that adds a fine texture to the garden. Its small white to lilac flowers appear in August, followed by ...