Massed planting gives a great coverage and will smother out weeds in time.
Lomandra hystrix mat rush.
Lomandra hystrix is one of our most important restoration plant in the enoggera catchment.
Compact fast growing lomandra with fine bright green foliage bearing yellow flower spikes during spring.
If you do no more than plant this common rush you are doing the ecology a power of good.
Lomandra hystrix katie belles mat rush part of the dasypogonaceae family with yellow fragrant flowers flowering in spring avaliable from australian native plants located in ventura ca.
The leaves are 80 cm to 100 cm long and generally have a.
As it is a large plant it is best for larger gardens.
Lilian ross fraser and joyce winifred vickery co discovered lomandra hystrix which they published in proceedings of the linnean society of new south wales 62.
Slender mat rush lomandra hystrix is a large clumping plant with arching lime green leaves.
Lomandra mat rush one of our most popular native grasses lomandras are real workhorses that will find a place in any garden.
Lomandra hystrix mat rush appearance.
It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost heat and drought tolerant.
Lomandra hystrix commonly known as green mat rush or creek mat rush is a perennial rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern australia.
Labillardiere described lomandra longifolia from a specimen.
Usually flowers and fruits as a shrubby plant about 1 m tall.
1937 proceedings of the linnean society of new south wales 62.
Low maintenance filler plant tolerates most soil types and is ideal for erosion protection on banks.
It makes an ideal screening plant along fence lines or to screen off different parts of the garden.
If you have tough difficult dry outdoor sites where you think nothing will grow try a lomandra.
It is strong enough to withstand inundation can outcompete invasive weeds once established filters the water and stabilises creekbanks.
Family asparagaceae scientific name lomandra hystrix r br l r fraser vickery.
Slender mat rush is an ideal plant that is suited to most climatic zones and garden aspects.