Dwarf Mat Rush Plant

It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost heat and drought tolerant.

Dwarf mat rush plant.

Compact fast growing lomandra with fine bright green foliage bearing yellow flower spikes during spring. A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers. An australian native dwarf mat rush is forms soft airy clumps of long evergreen leaves. Lomandra hystrix mat rush appearance.

A wonderful versatile drought and salt spray tolerant alternative to. Massed planting gives a great coverage and will smother out weeds in time. Evergreen above 10 degrees fahrenheit. A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers.

Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about lomandra dwarf mat rush longleaf matrush spiny headed matrush lomandra longifolia breeze supplied by member gardeners in the p. Small sterile heads of yellow flowers in spring. Can be used as a indoor plant or in tropical areas. Upright clumping foliage 2 1 2 ft.

Lomandra longifolia commonly known as spiny head mat rush spiky headed mat rush or basket grass is a perennial rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern australia the leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. Breeze dwarf mat rush lomandra longifolia lm300 plant patent 15 420. Spiny headed mat rush is a common plant of forests and heaths in eastern australia. Also tolerates salt spray.

On oct 28 2003 kennedyh from churchill victoria australia zone 10a wrote. Grows to about 60 70cm high and spreads to about 1 metre. Low maintenance filler plant tolerates most soil types and is ideal for erosion protection on banks. Beautiful when allowed to cascade over a planter in summer it forms bloom stalks with sweetly scented yellow flowers.

A great versatile and drought tolerant alternative to liriope and low growing shrubs. Requiring little to no maintenance it is tough and adaptable to a variety of conditions including sun moderate shade drought and clay soil.