Plant list 6

Question 1

Carex testacea

Answer 1

Orange Sedge
0.4 x 0.5 m
Small grass
Olive green/ bronze orange foliage more orange in SUMMER
Insignificant flower spikes in WINTER
Drought tolerant
Full sun/ light shade

Question 2

Dietes grandiflora

Answer 2

Wild Iris
1 x 1 m
Medium clumping grass
Grows in any type of soil
Flowers in SPRING/SUMMER with white/purple flower spikes and yellow centre of flower
Dry/ drought tolerant
Low maintenance
Good for erosion control
Full sun/ semi shade

Question 3

Ficinia nodosa

Answer 3

Knobby Club Rush
1 x 1 m
Medium clumping grass
Grows upright-falls open
Dark green foliage
Flowers on stalk, small ball shaped in SPRING/EARLY SUMMER
Seed heads best removed/ prolific reproduction
Drought/frost tolerant
Used in water purification

Question 4

Poa labilliardieri

Answer 4

Common Tussock Grass
1 x 1 m
Medium clumping native grass
New growth green/bronze -sand colour in SUMMER
Flowers in SPRING/SUMMER
White/pale pink grassy plume
Often planted in drifts-nice movements
Dry tolerant

Question 5

Themeda triandra

Answer 5

Kangaroo Grass
0.5 x 0.5 m
Small native grass
Flower spikes in SUMMER/AUTUMN grassy type flower with blue/ purple/red/orange colour
New growth blue/green/grey…dries to orange brown in SUMMER
Responds well to pruning
Slightly die back in winter
Drought tolerant/ full sun
Can be mass planted under Eucalyptus