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Sedges & Grasses, Aquatic & Dam edges

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    Festuca glauca – BLUE FESCUE

    $7.50

    An attractive grass to 50cm x 50cm developing into a dense round clump. Ideal for rockeries, borders & as a contrast foliage throughout the garden. Hardy in full or part sun.

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    Pennisetum alopecuroides PENNSTRIPE

    $7.50

    Compact perennial variegated native grass to 50cm x 80 cm wide with broad leaves & showy feathery mauve flowers in spring & summer. Looks great in mass plantings. Full sun or light shade, drier sites, most soils.

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    Poa labillardieri ESKDALE

    $7.50

    Tufted perennial with fine bluish green foliage to 70cm x 60cm wide. Flowering late Spring to Summer with tall pannicle of seed head. Full sun to part shade. Suited to coastal conditions.

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    Pennisetum alopecuroides – PURPLE LEA

    $7.50

    Tufted perennial native grass to 1.2m x 1m wide with feathery purple flower tassels in summer & autumn.. Most soil types. Excellent foliage plant.

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    Pennisetum alopecuroides – CREAM LEA

    $7.50

    Tufted perennial native grass to 1.2m x 1m wide with feathery cream to white flower tassels to 1.4m in summer & autumn. Suitable for protected coastal areas. Most soil types.

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    Lomandra confertifolia x cylindrica LIME DIVINE

    $7.50

    Evergreen tufting low maintenance matrush, grows 60cm x 60cm with bright yellow flowers, spring & summer. Attractive soft fine weeping foliage, Full or part sun, frost & drought tolerant.

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    Lomandra longifolia TANIKA

    $7.50

    An improved form with narrow strappy leaves, grows to 60cm x 60cm wide, yellow flower spikes, likes full sun to light shade, a good feature or filler for any garden.

  • Helmholtzia glaberrima – STREAM LILY

    $15.00

    Flax-like lily forming large clumps to 2m tall. Showy  fragrant large creamy pink flower spikes. Fast, excellent understorey plant for a permanently wet shady site.

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    Romnalda grallata – Stilt Lily

    $7.50

    Similar plant to Lomandra but with bisexual flowers.Clumping plant to 40cm in height found as an understorey in a relatively small area of northern Queensland rainforest.Best in cool shady site.

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    Zoysia macrantha – Native Couch

    $7.50

    A low growing perennial native grass that spreads by rhizomes. Good for lawns, likes all soil types, sun or shade, quick growing, can be mown to promote growth. Excellent for stabilizing dunes & vegetating banks. Qld, NSW & Vic.

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    Themeda australis – Kangaroo Grass

    $2.50$7.50

    Clumping native grass to 50cm found in Eucalypt understorey and sunny open areas in well drained sandy soil. All states.

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    Schoenoplectus validus – Notched Pin Rush

    $2.50

    Rhizomatous perennial to 3m. Provides excellent habitat for waterbirds. Grows on margins of slow moving water, drains & swamps in depths to 1.5m.

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    Schoenoplectus mucronatus

    $2.50

    Rhizomatous perennial to 80cm tall grows in streams & damp situations forming showy clumps. Excellent for replanting dam edges and creek banks. Sun or shade, most soils. NSW, Qld, NT & WA.

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    Restio tetraphyllus – Notched Pin Rush

    $3.50

    Attractive perennial sedge to 160cm high with creeping rhizome. Grows naturally in swampy sand & on riverbanks in coastal areas. Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas & SA.

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    Poa labillarderii – Common Tussock Grass

    $2.50$7.50

    Tufted perennial grass to 80cm widely distributed in alluvial soils  which are moist for extended periods. Looks & grows well in massed plantings. Sun or part shade. Most states.

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    Philydrum lanuginosum – Frogsmouth NPT

    $2.50

    Small clumping plant with foliage resembling Aloe Vera. Spikes to 50cm with numerous attractive yellow flowers resembling frog’s mouths. Usually seen growing on edges of dams and waterways.