A graceful and highly versatile New Zealand native tussock grass with soft, arching lime-green foliage and long, drooping seed heads. This elegant sedge is ideal for ground cover, borders, and edging in both home gardens and larger landscape plantings, including exposed coastal sites.
🌱 Plant Description
Growth habit: Fine-textured, clump-forming tussock
Foliage: Narrow, arching leaves in fresh lime-green tones
Seed heads: Long and gently drooping
Height: Up to 40 cm
Flowering: Throughout the year
Fruiting: Throughout the year
🌿 Growing Environment
Frost tolerant
Sun tolerant
Drought tolerant once established
Salt tolerant
Wind tolerant
Coastal tolerant
Performs best in free-draining soils, but adapts well to a wide range of conditions.
📍 Endemic Distribution
Native to New Zealand
Found throughout the North, South, and Stewart Islands
🌾 Uses
Riparian plantings
Pioneer and regeneration plantings
Ground cover and mass planting
Borders and edging in gardens and landscapes
🪴 Cultivation Notes
An easy-care sedge that establishes quickly and provides year-round texture and movement. Suitable for modern landscapes, native plantings, and restoration projects where a reliable, low-maintenance ground cover is required.
Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5cm – 20cm, 350ml)
• PB3 (20cm – 70cm, 1.5L)
Timeframe:
We ship Monday – Wednesday for South Island customers and Monday/Tuesday for Rural and North Island customers. Orders placed outside of these days will be fulfilled the following week.
Local pick ups and/or deliveries will be made by arrangement.
“We’ll donate $1 per plant sold to national conservation efforts, helping to protect and restore New Zealand’s natural heritage”
A graceful and highly versatile New Zealand native tussock grass with soft, arching lime-green foliage and long, drooping seed heads. This elegant sedge is ideal for ground cover, borders, and edging in both home gardens and larger landscape plantings, including exposed coastal sites.
🌱 Plant Description
Growth habit: Fine-textured, clump-forming tussock
Foliage: Narrow, arching leaves in fresh lime-green tones
Seed heads: Long and gently drooping
Height: Up to 40 cm
Flowering: Throughout the year
Fruiting: Throughout the year
🌿 Growing Environment
Frost tolerant
Sun tolerant
Drought tolerant once established
Salt tolerant
Wind tolerant
Coastal tolerant
Performs best in free-draining soils, but adapts well to a wide range of conditions.
📍 Endemic Distribution
Native to New Zealand
Found throughout the North, South, and Stewart Islands
🌾 Uses
Riparian plantings
Pioneer and regeneration plantings
Ground cover and mass planting
Borders and edging in gardens and landscapes
🪴 Cultivation Notes
An easy-care sedge that establishes quickly and provides year-round texture and movement. Suitable for modern landscapes, native plantings, and restoration projects where a reliable, low-maintenance ground cover is required.
Approximate product size:
• PB3/4 (5cm – 20cm, 350ml)
• PB3 (20cm – 70cm, 1.5L)
Timeframe:
We ship Monday – Wednesday for South Island customers and Monday/Tuesday for Rural and North Island customers. Orders placed outside of these days will be fulfilled the following week.
Local pick ups and/or deliveries will be made by arrangement.
“We’ll donate $1 per plant sold to national conservation efforts, helping to protect and restore New Zealand’s natural heritage”
