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Lomandra longifolia

Plant name: Spiny headed mat rush

Plant type: strappy leaf / native lilies

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Origin: NSW, VICTORIA, QLD, WA, SA & TASMANIA

Cultural notes: Fast-growing, very hardy and long lived. Will grow in full sun or part shade in most soil conditions.

Maintenance: May be pruned to remove thatch and promote new growth.

Tolerates: High drought tolerance & frost hardy, damp conditions to occasional flooding.

Flowering season: Spring through to summer.

Flower colour: Small clusters of cream to yellow perfumed bracts on flower spikes. The heavily scented nectar on flowers can attract pollinating beetles.

Foliage colour: Tough narrow arching glossy green strap-like flat leaves 40-100cm long which grow from an underground stem and are usually taller than the flowering stem. The leaf bases are broad and their tips are prominently toothed.

Height: Up to 0.8m

Plant spacing: 30cm apart for mass planting or 50cm apart for specimen planting

Recommended uses: Specimen or mass planting, rockeries, container plant including for indoors, used in median strip and roadside planting, filler and background plant in home gardens, the leaves provide a safe habitat for lizards and other small animals.

Description: Large perennial tussock grass with a strong architectural shape. Forms dense tussocks of stiff, long flat leaves.