Dwarf Mat Rush Plant

On oct 28 2003 kennedyh from churchill victoria australia zone 10a wrote.

Dwarf mat rush plant.

Lomandra hystrix mat rush appearance. Can be used as a indoor plant or in tropical areas. A great versatile and drought tolerant alternative to liriope and low growing shrubs. It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost heat and drought tolerant.

Small sterile heads of yellow flowers in spring. Massed planting gives a great coverage and will smother out weeds in time. Labillardiere described lomandra longifolia from a specimen. 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.

Growing much smaller than the species this cultivar reaches to 24 to 40 inches tall and spreads to about the same. Upright clumping foliage 2 1 2 ft. Grows to about 60 70cm high and spreads to about 1 metre. Requiring little to no maintenance it is tough and adaptable to a variety of conditions including sun moderate shade drought and clay soil.

Also tolerates salt spray. A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers. Compact fast growing lomandra with fine bright green foliage bearing yellow flower spikes during spring. Beautiful when allowed to cascade over a planter in summer it forms bloom stalks with sweetly scented yellow flowers.

Evergreen above 10 degrees fahrenheit. A wonderful versatile drought and salt spray tolerant alternative to. Low maintenance filler plant tolerates most soil types and is ideal for erosion protection on banks. 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. 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.