Poa labillardieri
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Plant name: Common tussock-grass
Plant type: native and ornamental grasses
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Origin: NSW
Cultural notes: A robust plant that will thrive in full sun or part shade including growing well under Eucalyptus trees and either wet or dry conditions in a variety of soil types.
Maintenance: Clumps can be chopped back quite vigorously to encourage new growth.
Tolerates: Frost and cold to about -7C
Flowering season: Spring through to summer.
Flower colour: Pale green with cream seed heads.
Foliage colour: Grey-blue to dark green in winter & spring with fine narrow leaf blades. The clumps turn a pale straw colour in summer which can look quite dramatic.
Width: Up to 1m
Height: Up to 1m
Plant spacing: 50cm apart for mass plantings.
Recommended uses: Ideal for landscaping or revegetation projects. They appear quite spectacular and architectural when mass planted.
Description: Large ornamental grass of usually moist areas below 1500 and indigenous to Australia, which forms large tussocks to 1m high and wide.