Mat Rush Trimming

A lacing tool for threading the ends away a locker hook works well.

Mat rush trimming. Rainfall will usually look after watering however do water during very hot or. Trim back the spent flower stalks to keep it looking its best year round. Growinglomandra there are many ways to grow. A smooth surface to work on.

Unlike many grasses breeze mat rush doesn t need to be cut back annually and some growers have stated that pruning is required only every. A member of the xanthorrhoeaceae family it can grow in a range of sandy soils in swamps and wet places to the montane zone on banks of creeks rocky hillsides cliffs and open forests. Trim spent flower stems and feed with low phosphorous native fertiliser early spring or late summer. In late summer remove the dead material to improve the clump s.

Individual stems inside a clump of evergreen rush die each year while the main clump remains green and healthy. Remove spent flower stems in late spring. Lomandra longifolia spiny head mat rush or basket grass is native australia wide except for the northern territory and western australia. Once established is very low maintenance.

Spiny head mat rush basket grass. Rush place mats in checkweave and twining. Evergreen above 10 degrees fahrenheit. 20 to 25 or so whole rushes for an 8 diameter mat.

Breeze dwarf mat rush lomandra longifolia lm300 plant patent 15 420. A pair of sharp scissors. Lomandra longifolia breeze tanika dwarf mat rush is an evergreen perennial grass like plant with a fine foliage. Lomandra gary s green in the san marcos growers garden the matt rushes at san marcos growers.

Lomandra seascape can grow to a height of 75cm width of 50cm. Can be planted in full sun or moderate shade and prefers moist well drained soils. Matt rush is a common name for lomandra a genus with about 50 species of tufted dioecious perennial herbs with long narrow blade like leaves that arise from a central stemless base acaulescent and have thick woody rhizomes and fibrous roots. It is about 24 42 tall and wide.

A tough easy care grass like plant for mass plantings dry borders and containers.