| | Mondo Grass Kith and Kin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | A member, interestingly, of the lily family, mondo grass is--as its scientific name Ophiopogon japonicus indicates--native to Japan but hardy and increasingly popular elsewhere, certainly in Australia and the United States. |
 | | Reaching from eight to 18 inches tall, the arching half-inch leaves (blades) of the mondo grasses are dark green, though some cultivars are variegated. |
 | | The most common problem to mondo grasses is a fungal infection--athracnose--which is fairly easily treated by removing the infected leaves and spraying the entire plant with a fungicide. |
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