Kusamono literally means "grass thing" but has come to mean a small to very small plant displayed in an equally small pot. A Kusamono can be used as an accent plant to be displayed with a bonsai, but they can equally be enjoyed as an art form of their own.
​Accent plant composition: Blue-eyed grass, Begonia, Miniature Ivy 
A clutch of kusamono highlighting the grass like qualities of their name. Explore the individual plants as described below.
​Plants:  Silene uniflora ‘Druett’s Variegated’ (rock campion) and Buchloe dactyloides (buffalo grass)
Pot:  Vicki Chamberlain
​Plants:  Zephyranthes candida (fairy lily), Bellium minutum (miniature mat daisy), Ajuga reptans 'Valfredda' CHOCOLATE CHIP (bugleweed), Gomphrena decumbens (bachelor buttons), and Ophiopogon japonicus ‘Nana’ (dwarf mondo grass)
Pot:  Kathy Boehme
​Plants:   An alpine composition with Aquilegia hybrid (columbine), Allium senescens ‘Blue Twister’ (German garlic), and Bellium minutum (miniature mat daisy)
Pot: Jan Rentenaar
​Plants:  Imperata cylindrica (Japanese blood grass), Lemmaphyllum microphyllum (green penny fern), Campanula punctate (spotted bellflower), Leptinella minor (Banks Peninsula button daisy), Ajuga reptans ‘Valfredda’CHOCOLATE CHIP (bugleweed), and Rhynchospora colorata (white star sedge).  Mother Nature added the freesia laxa (flowering grass).
Pot:  unknown
​Plants:  Selaginella (starry spikemoss), Lemmaphyllum microphyllum (green penny fern), and Acorus gramineus ‘Minimus Aureus’ (dwarf variegated sweet flag)
Pot:  Terri Petrescu
​Plants:  Pellaea rotundifolia (button fern), Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'  (brass buttons), Cyperus alternifolius(umbrella plant), Ajuga reptans 'Valfredda' CHOCOLATE CHIP (bugleweed), and Convolvulus mauritanicus (ground morning glory)
Pot:  Tom Benda
​Plants:  Ajuga reptans 'Mahogany' (bugleweed), Imperata cylindrica (Japanese blood grass), Viola labradorica ‘Purpurea’(Labrador violet), and Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Hosoba’ (black mono grass)
Pot:  Vicki Chamberlain
​Plants:  Sisyrinchium bellum (Western blue-eyed-grass)
Pot:  Pauline Muth
​Plants:  Armeria maritima (thrift or sea pink) and Limonium minutum (sea lavender or dwarf statice)
Pot:  unknown; 2” in diameter
Plants:  
Dwarf Pelargonium
Heurnia Sebrina (Lifesaver candy succulent)
Aeonium 'Zwartkop' 
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​Pot:  Jim Barrett
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