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Imperata cylindrica Yalba PBR

Botanical Name: Common Names:
Imperata cylindrica Yalba PBR Blady Grass, Cogon Grass, Japanese Bloodgrass, ICL200,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
TBA Clumping, Upright

Description:
Reddish foliage in winter that contrasts with its stunning fluffy plumes that last up to 4 - 5 months, around April to August. It's up to 30 - 50% shorter than the common form, gets very dense and is great at out-competing weeds. It will spread quickly, so it's best to plant as a monoculture. Yalba™ Imperata locks up more carbon in soil than most grasses. Ideal as a ground cover for roadsides, slopes, median strips. Not suited to garden planting as it will spread (needs to be contained by concrete borders) Size: 40cm high x 1m wide.

Mature Height: Mature Width:
30-60cm 60cm-1m

Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any