Mat Rush Trimming

Trim back the spent flower stalks to keep it looking its best year round.

Mat rush trimming.

Rainfall will usually look after watering however do water during very hot or. Can be planted in full sun or moderate shade and prefers moist well drained soils. 75cm high x 50cm wide. Lomandra longifolia breeze tanika dwarf mat rush is an evergreen perennial grass like plant with a fine foliage.

Rush place mats in checkweave and twining. Individual stems inside a clump of evergreen rush die each year while the main clump remains green and healthy. Spiny head mat rush basket grass. A member of the xanthorrhoeaceae family it can grow in a range of sandy soils in swamps and wet places to the montane zone on banks of creeks rocky hillsides cliffs and open forests.

Matt rush is a common name for lomandra a genus with about 50 species of tufted dioecious perennial herbs with long narrow blade like leaves that arise from a central stemless base acaulescent and have thick woody rhizomes and fibrous roots. It is about 24 42 tall and wide. A lacing tool for threading the ends away a locker hook works well. Lomandra seascape can grow to a height of 75cm width of 50cm.

Evergreen above 10 degrees fahrenheit. Remove spent flower stems in late spring. 20 to 25 or so whole rushes for an 8 diameter mat. Evergreen grasses native australian plant outdoor perennial shrub strappy leaf.

Unlike many grasses breeze mat rush doesn t need to be cut back annually and some growers have stated that pruning is required only every. Breeze dwarf mat rush lomandra longifolia lm300 plant patent 15 420. Lomandra gary s green in the san marcos growers garden the matt rushes at san marcos growers. Trim spent flower stems and feed with low phosphorous native fertiliser early spring or late summer.

A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers. Once established is very low maintenance. A wonderful versatile drought and salt spray tolerant alternative to liriope and low growing shrubs. Lomandra longifolia spiny head mat rush or basket grass is native australia wide except for the northern territory and western australia.

A smooth surface to work on.