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Microleana Stipoides

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Common Name:
WEEPING GRASS

PLEASE NOTE: Orders are by full tray only. Each tray contains 40 plants. When ordering, please choose how many trays you would like.


WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE:

  • Tufted slender perennial grass to 70cm high. 
  • Green all year, with rhizomes. 
  • Slender green drooping flowerhead, summer-autumn and throughout year.

WHERE IT GROWS & WHY:

  • Predominantly east of the Olympic Highway. 
  • Moist, well-drained soils moderately to highly fertile, in semi-shaded areas. 
  • Common along creeklines. 
  • Tolerates drought and frost.

MANAGEMENT/SIGNIFICANCE:

  • Good forage and highly competitive. Good habitat. Cover for ground-dwelling reptiles, such as legless lizards and skinks, and seed for native birds including parrots. Food for butterfly caterpillars. 
  • Decorative ornamental for rockeries, or groundcover under trees. Plant in groups for best effect. One of best low-maintenance native lawns. Can be mown occasionally. 
  • Forage increases under grazing and rising fertility. 

 

 

 

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