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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: Greenlight 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.