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Microlaena stipoides ‘Weeping Grass’ Tas species


$4.50$11.00

Perennial clumping grass to 0.7 metres. Long arching flower culms in spring.

Feature Codes: BC(D)EKbNO

Description

Form: Small tussock or ground cover
Type: Evergreen
Height (typical): up to 0.6m
Width (typical): 0.5m
Growth rate: Fast
Uses: As native grass for habitat, aviaries, as the
basis for marsupial lawn.
Soil type: Any heavy soil types except wet
Position: Full sun to light shade
Frost hardiness: Very frost hardy
Drought tolerance: Drought proof
Flowering time: Summer
Pruning: Cut back to ground level or burn every
few  years
Features: The most nutritious of the native grasses.
Good native habitat species
Elegant weeping flower/seed heads

Additional information

Size

5g, pkt

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