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Ophiopogon 'Black Dragon Grass'

Ideal for modern pots and planters
Just £12.99
1 x 9cm Pot - SKU: 560194
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Key Features

  • A most unusual, but almost indestructible, ground-covering, black-leaved grasslike plant
  • The black strappy leaves are a great foil for bold, bright and brash flowers
  • Very slow growing and spreading, they produce pretty little purple flowers in summer
  • Ideal for modern pots and planters with other foliage colours, or for covering dry and shady or sunny spots
  • Supplied as two-year-old plant in 9cm pots, ready to plant straight out
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Description

This has to be one of the toughest and most indestructible garden plants - fully hardy, no maintenance required at all, and you can walk all over it!

Despite being called a 'grass', Ophiopogon is in fact a strappy leaved perennial. It is one of the very few so called 'black' plants that are actually black - a year-round matt black backdrop, to set off bolder and brighter features.

It is a very slow spreading, carpet forming plant, and can remain undisturbed for years, slowly forming a fair-sized clump. You can then chop it up with a spade in spring and create many more plants too for free!

Superb when interplanted with small perennials, use it also as groundcover, be it shade or sun, drought or wet - it's also great in modern mixed container plantings. Easy to grow and fully hardy they're a real time saver, it's evergreen colour a fabulous foil to bright golds, oranges and limes.

Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come - a very versatile little gem!

Top Tips
Best grown on a rock garden, container or raised bed so that it can been seen to full effect.
Care Information

Planting Advice for Ophiopogon Black Dragon Grass:

  • Plant in well-drained soil in full sun or light, dappled shade.
  • Before planting, water your potted plant well.
  • Dig a hole a little deeper and 3 x wider than the nursery pot.
  • Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot.
  • Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling) and firm the soil with your hand, avoiding the root ball.
  • Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

Aftercare Advice for Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens':

  • Potted plants will need regular watering.
  • In autumn, top-dress plants with leaf mould.

Pruning advice for Black Dragon Grass:

  • Rake out any old, tired or dead leaves and flowers in spring.
  • If needed plants can be cut back by up to half from April to July - do not cut back in autumn or winter.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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