Poa helmsii
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Plant name: Broadleaf snow grass
Plant type: Native and ornamental grasses
Plant pdf: Download the product detail sheet
Origin: NSW, VIC
Cultural notes: Fast growing and very hardy and long-lived. Will grow in full sun or part shade in most soil conditions.
Maintenance: May be pruned to remove spent seed heads (usually late winter) and to encourage new growth.
Tolerates: Drought and frost hardy.
Flowering season: Summer.
Flower colour: 3 to 8 spikelets in a 35cm long inflorescence
Foliage colour: Light green broad linear leaves with a sheath and are strongly compressed and keeled upwards.
Height: Up to 1.5m
Water depth: Edges and marshland.
Plant spacing: 30cm apart for mass planting.
Recommended uses: Ornamental grass ideal for landscaping, revegetation projects, best effect when mass planted.
Description: Coarse perennial tussock grass of wet areas along mountain stream or soakage areas.