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Dichelachne crinita

Plant name: Long hair plume grass

Plant type: native and ornamental grasses

Plant pdf: Download the product detail sheet

Origin: NSW, ACT, VIC, SA, QLD, WA

Cultural notes: Full sun, most soil conditions, dry conditions, fast growing, long lived, very hardy.

Maintenance: May be pruned annually to remove spent seed heads in late summer and to encourage new growth.

Tolerates: Drought conditions, frost hardy, heavy grazing.

Flowering season: Late spring to summer.

Flower colour: Fluffy green to purple tinged seed heads.

Foliage colour: Leaf blades are flat and linear shaped, coloured light green with flecks of purple.

Height: Up to 0.8m

Plant spacing: 30cm apart for mass planting.

Recommended uses: Excellent for mass planting, borders, rockeries and as a feature plant. Also used effectively as ornamental grass for landscaping or revegetation.

Description: Slender tufted perennial grass with attractive evergreen foliage.