A tufted, grass-like evergreen perennial to 50cm tall, with branching, narrowly linear, light green stems that turn yellowish-green during flowering. Tiny flowers are carried in feathery, brown spikelets during winter and early spring. Plant it where the wind can catch its grassy stems
0.5-1 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Under glass, grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light with low humidity. When in growth, water moderately and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser every month; water sparingly in winter. Outdoors, grow in moderately fertile, well-drained, preferably acid soil in full sun. In frost-prone areas, plant out after the last frosts; lift and pot up in autumn and overwinter in a cool, dry place
Propagate by seed sown in spring, or by division of clumps in early spring
Remove dead stems from the outer edge of the clump in early spring
May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite and glasshouse whitefly
Generally disease-free