Dianella longifolia

Origin: AUSTRALIAN WIDE

Cultural notes: full sun or part shade, most soil conditions, dry conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy

Maintenance: may be pruned annually to remove spent seed heads late summer)

Tolerates: drought conditions, frost hardy

Flowering season: late spring through to summer

Flower colour: purple/dark blue star shaped flowers on long flower spikes, followed by attractive purple berries

Foliage colour: dark green, strap like leaf blades

Height: up to 1m

Plant spacing: 30cm apart for mass planting

Recommended uses: ornamental grass ideal for landscaping, rockeries, bird attracting berries