Highly ornamental and exotic looking, especially in containers. Superficially resembles a horsetail rush (Equisetum). Gets about 5' tall ...Read Moreand wide at maturity.
Forms a non-spreading clump. Tolerates some drought. Like most Restios, it needs low-fertility soil, and chemical fertilizers (especially phosphorus) kill it quickly. Where conditions suit it, it's long-lived.
Recently reclassified as Elegia tectorum. A different species, Elegia elephantina, was introduced to California gardeners under the name Chondropetalum tectorum, but this impostor differs from the true species in having thicker taller culms and a spreading habit.
Ornamental grass-like plant from S Africa- grows in large, dense clumps up to 5' across. Eventually forms a small 'trunk' like a grass t...Read Moreree. Stiff cylindrical blades with chocolate brown bands along their length about 1" long. Cannot be trimmed back (will looks very scraggly and die soon after), but several varieties available from short to tall. Tallest variety used for thatch reed by locals. Somewhat drought tolerant once well established. Dioecious (separate male and female plants)
Highly ornamental and exotic looking, especially in containers. Superficially resembles a horsetail rush (Equisetum). Gets about 5' tall ...Read More
Ornamental grass-like plant from S Africa- grows in large, dense clumps up to 5' across. Eventually forms a small 'trunk' like a grass t...Read More