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Ophiopogon
I’m currently “on” grasses, and grass-like plants, so when I saw this the other day on sale at my local Garden Centre, I couldn’t resist buying it:
It’s Ophiopogon Planiscapus “Niger”. Unsurprisingly, in view of its name, the leaves are a beautiful dark purple, almost black colour. In this next photo I was experimenting with colours, seeing if the Ophiopogon would look nice in a pale-coloured pot.
In the end I decided against putting it in a pot of any sort, because I want it to spread (which by all accounts it will), so I have put it at the base of my new birdbath:
Following my usual procedure, while removing the plant from its pot I was on the lookout for offshoots or plantlets that could be separated from the main plant. I was lucky: there were two:
I’m hoping that before very long these plants will spread out all round the base of the birdbath. I’m rather pleased with the colour contrast too!
Source: http://marksvegplot.blogspot.com/2014/03/ophiopogon.html
