Lomandra Longifolia Mat Rush Evergreen

A compact form that handles drought and wet feet has been highly sought after.

Lomandra longifolia mat rush evergreen.

Lomandra longifolia baby breeze lm600 pp28 260 evergreen baby mat rush a compact fine leafed evergreen grass like plant that grows to 16 to 18 inches tall by 18 inches wide. Labillardiere described lomandra longifolia from a specimen. This is an extremely versatile and hardy plant that will grow almost anywhere. Grows to 40 45 cm high x 45 cm wide.

Lomandra longifolia is a native australian grass it can grow in a range of sandy soils in swamps and wet places on banks of creeks rocky hillsides cliffs and open forests. A tough version of lomandra that is half the size of tanika. The leaves are erect in the center of the plant and later arch gracefully back towards the ground. Lomandra longifolia is a perennial rhizomatous herb with glossy green shiny firm flat foliage.

On warm summer days the flower spikes produce a pleasant perfume. A wonderful versatile drought and salt spray tolerant alternative to liriope and low growing shrubs. Breeze dwarf mat rush lomandra longifolia lm300 plant patent 15 420. Evergreen baby lomandra gets lots of golden flowers in spring and is sterile.

In spring appear the small lightly fragrant male yellow flowers. It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost heat and drought tolerant. It has very narrow dark green leaves and dark purple brown basal shoots. It will grow nicely in containers and as is common for the lomandra species is an important stabilizing plant for river banks and streams.

A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers. 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. Growing much smaller than the species this cultivar reaches to 24 to 40 inches tall and spreads to about the same. Lomandra longifolia spiny headed mat rush a sturdy evergreen perennial plant that forms a 4 to 5 foot tall by 6 to 7 foot wide tussock with long narrow medium green colored strap shaped leaves that arch over gracefully and have a toothed leaf tip curiously looking as thought cut with pinking shears.

The leaves are strap like forming tussocks. Use for mass planting feature plant borders. Lomandra longifolia platinum beauty roma13 pp25 962 variegated dwarf mat rush a beautiful evergreen grass like perennial to 3 feet tall with 2 foot long very narrow green leaves that have a white central stripe and white margins.