Botanical Name: Common Names:
Lomandra longifolia Fine N Dandy Spiny Head Mat Rush, Basket Grass,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Grasses, Strappy & Tufting, Hedging / Screening Clumping, Dense, Tufting, Upright
Description:
Lomandras are a collection of multi-purpose mat rushes. Some are planted for foliage and habit, and others display special flowering attributes. Upright or weeping, purple-grey or green-leaved, they thrive in well drained clay loams or gravelly soils; cool moist to hot dry climates are all suitable. They are hardy, versatile, low maintenance choices for compact borders, pathway edging or in rock work in bold landscapes, they are also frost hardy. Fine n Dandy has Dense fine-leaved tufting foliage with scented yellow flowers
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Any, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Bird Attracting, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Erosion Control, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Fragrant Garden, Habitat, Hedging / Screening, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Verge, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Plant in moist well drained soil and apply an organic mulch. Remove spent flower stems if desired. Feed with low phosphorus native fertilizer early spring or late summer Images and information supplied by Austraflora.
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Asparagaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Yellow
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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