Dwarf Mat Rush Plant

Small sterile heads of yellow flowers in spring.

Dwarf mat rush plant.

Can be used as a indoor plant or in tropical areas. Lomandra longifolia commonly known as spiny head mat rush spiky headed mat rush or basket grass is a perennial rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern australia the leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. Massed planting gives a great coverage and will smother out weeds in time. A great versatile and drought tolerant alternative to liriope and low growing shrubs.

Lomandra longifolia breeze pp15 420 lm300 dwarf mat rush an evergreen perennial with narrow deep green strap shaped leaves that are curiously cut as though with pinking shears at the tips. Compact fast growing lomandra with fine bright green foliage bearing yellow flower spikes during spring. A wonderful versatile drought and salt spray tolerant alternative to. An australian native dwarf mat rush is forms soft airy clumps of long evergreen leaves.

Spiny headed mat rush is a common plant of forests and heaths in eastern australia. Upright clumping foliage 2 1 2 ft. Beautiful when allowed to cascade over a planter in summer it forms bloom stalks with sweetly scented yellow flowers. A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers.

Low maintenance filler plant tolerates most soil types and is ideal for erosion protection on banks. Lomandra hystrix mat rush appearance. A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers. Growing much smaller than the species this cultivar reaches to 24 to 40 inches tall and spreads to about the same.

It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost heat and drought tolerant. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about lomandra dwarf mat rush longleaf matrush spiny headed matrush lomandra longifolia breeze supplied by member gardeners in the p. Also tolerates salt spray. Grows to about 60 70cm high and spreads to about 1 metre.

Evergreen above 10 degrees fahrenheit. Requiring little to no maintenance it is tough and adaptable to a variety of conditions including sun moderate shade drought and clay soil.