Microlaena stipoides
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Plant name: Weeping grass
Plant type: native and ornamental grasses
Plant pdf: Download the product detail sheet
Origin: AUSTRALIA WIDE
Cultural notes: Full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, dislikes overly hot/exposed areas, fast-growing, long-lived, very hardy.
Maintenance: Can be pruned or mown as needed.
Tolerates: Shaded areas
Flowering season: Spring to summer
Flower colour: small straw-coloured drooping flower heads
Foliage colour: small bright green leaf blades
Height: Up to 0.3m
Plant spacing: 10cm apart at least
Recommended uses: Lawns or revegetation, mass planting and will thrive under grazing.
Description: Small tufted perennial grass suitable for trial use as native lawn.