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Ophiopogon chingii is a small, evergreen, ground-cover perennial grown for its curly dark foliage and blue berries, often used as edging or underplanting in Japanese-style gardens. It thrives in partial shade with consistently moist, well-drained soil.
Ophiopogon chingii, is a small, ground-cover, evergreen perennial. It grows from short rhizomes, and bears tufts of leaves, from which flowers emerge in racemes held on short stems above the leaves. The foliage is curly and green with neon blue berries in the summer. It is native to Japan.
This small plant can grow to 6 in; it is commonly found in Japanese-style gardens and used for underplanting due to its texture.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophiopogon chingii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
