Mat Rush Trimming

Can be planted in full sun or moderate shade and prefers moist well drained soils.

Mat rush trimming.

75cm high x 50cm wide. In late summer remove the dead material to improve the clump s. Trim back the spent flower stalks to keep it looking its best year round. A wonderful versatile drought and salt spray tolerant alternative to liriope and low growing shrubs.

Rainfall will usually look after watering however do water during very hot or. A pair of sharp scissors. Lomandra gary s green in the san marcos growers garden the matt rushes at san marcos growers. Growinglomandra there are many ways to grow.

Lomandra seascape can grow to a height of 75cm width of 50cm. Trim spent flower stems and feed with low phosphorous native fertiliser early spring or late summer. 20 to 25 or so whole rushes for an 8 diameter mat. A lacing tool for threading the ends away a locker hook works well.

Evergreen grasses native australian plant outdoor perennial shrub strappy leaf. Individual stems inside a clump of evergreen rush die each year while the main clump remains green and healthy. Breeze dwarf mat rush lomandra longifolia lm300 plant patent 15 420. Lomandra longifolia breeze tanika dwarf mat rush is an evergreen perennial grass like plant with a fine foliage.

Matt rush is a common name for lomandra a genus with about 50 species of tufted dioecious perennial herbs with long narrow blade like leaves that arise from a central stemless base acaulescent and have thick woody rhizomes and fibrous roots. A member of the xanthorrhoeaceae family it can grow in a range of sandy soils in swamps and wet places to the montane zone on banks of creeks rocky hillsides cliffs and open forests. Spiny head mat rush basket grass. Evergreen above 10 degrees fahrenheit.

It is about 24 42 tall and wide. A smooth surface to work on. Once established is very low maintenance. Remove spent flower stems in late spring.

Lomandra longifolia spiny head mat rush or basket grass is native australia wide except for the northern territory and western australia.