Sedges & Grasses, Aquatic & Dam edges

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  Baumea articulata – Jointed Twig Rush

  $2.50

  Tall perennial sedge to 2m widespread along streams, in swamps, moist areas & dam margins to depth of 1m. Useful shelter plant for water birds. Good soaker of nutrients.
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  Carex appressa – Tall Sedge

  $2.50

  Slowly spreading tussock, grows to 0.8m. Widespread throughout Australia in swamps & damp areas along streams & rivers. Excellent for boggy areas & dams, tolerating shallow water. Full sun.
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  Carex fascicularis – Tassel Sedge

  $2.50

  Slowly spreading tussock to 1.2m high with slender arching leaves & showy flower spikes. Ideal for swampy sites, dams & creeks  where roots can be wet or planted as an emergent in ponds.
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  Crinum pedunculatum – River Lily

  $3.50 – $10.00

  An attractive large bulbous plant up to 1.5m with showy white flowers. Evergreen & hardy. Grows in most soils including clay, tolerates bad drainage, frost,  full sun & coastal sites.
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  Cyperus exaltatus – Giant Sedge

  $2.50

  Large tussocking perennial to 1.8m with showy flowers heads to over 1m. Grows in shallow water and on stream & lagoon banks. Valuable water bird habitat & erosion control.
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  Dianella brevipedunculata – Blue Flax Lily

  $3.50 – $7.50

  Tufted clumping flax lily to 50cm tall with attractive purple flowers in late spring. Found in open forest & woodland of SE.Qld. Excellent understorey, copes with most soils, prefers filtered sun.
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  Dianella caerulea – Flax Lily

  $3.50 – $7.50

  Grows to 50cm x 50cm spread. This rockery plant is adaptable to most soils & prefers a protected shady position. Drought & frost tolerant. Small blue flowers. Edible bluish purple berries.
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  Dianella longifolia – Blueberry Lily

  $3.50 – $7.50

  A tufted local lily to 1.5m in height with tuberous roots & erect stems, blue & orange flowers, blue berries. Hardy, long-lived & adaptable, prefers light shade or shade.
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  Dietes robinsoniana – Wedding Lily

  $12.50

  Perennial clumping herb to 1.5m tall with very showy large creamy white flowers with pale yellow centres. Prefers an open sunny well drained site. Lord Howe Island.
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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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  Gahnia aspera

  $5.50

  Widespread clumping perennial herb to 1m x 1.5m with showy cream flower spikes & red seeds which can be ground for flour. Most soils but prefers moist soils in light shade. Frost hardy. Excellent foliage plant.
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  Gahnia sieberiana – Red Fruit Saw Sedge

  $2.50

  Clumping perennial sedge to 3m with cream flower spikes & showy red seeds. Suits wide range of soils, sun or shade, frost, waterlogging. Soil erosion control. Butterfly host plant.
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  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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  Isolepis nodosa – Knobby Club Rush

  $2.50

  Tufted upright perennial to 1m with arching stems& creeping rhizomes. Common in moist inland & coastal areas on sandy soils. Brownish globular flower heads. Hardy in full sun.
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  Juncus krausii – Sea Rush

  $2.50

  Perennial sedge with creeping rootstock, usually growing in saline or brackish water. Likes open sunny site & is frost hardy. All states.
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  Juncus usitatus – Pin Rush

  $2.50

  Vigorous perennial tussock to 1.2m x 1.5m wide usually found near or in shallow water. Valuable for wildlife habitat. Establishes readily on dam margins. Mod. frost hardy.