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Poa meionectes

Plant name: Pigmy poa

Plant type: native and ornamental grasses

Plant pdf: Download the product detail sheet

Origin: NSW, VICTORIA, QLD, SA & TASMANIA

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: spring through to summer

Flower colour: green light mauve seed heads maturing on burgundy stems

Foliage colour: bright green fine leaved

Height: up to 0.3m

Plant spacing: 30cm apart for mass planting

Recommended uses: ornamental grass ideal for landscaping or revegetation, best effect when mass planted and also suitable as edging or border plant for beds or paths

Description: small tussock grass with attractive seed heads