Lomandra longifolia – Mallee Design

A tough and useful Bushfood: Lomandra longifolia

Lomandra longifolia, or Common Mat Rush, is abundant along the NSW coast growing and in SA, Victoria and Tasmania in a range of environments from coastal dunes to dry Sclerophyll forest. It can also be seen growing in median strips and… Read more ›

29/09/2022

Kath Gadd

Bush tucker, Coastal, Drought hardy, Illawarra natives, Ornamental grass

Bushfood, clay soils, Common Mat Rush, Edible native plant, first nations knowledge, front line coastal, Indigenous to the Illawarra, Lomandra longifolia, sandy soil, small bird attracting, spring flowering, understory planting, weaving fibre, weeping habit, wind tolerant

Spear Lily: Doryanthes palmeri

This is Doryanthes palmeri or the Spear Lily, a striking feature plant similar to the Gymea Lily except that it has a flower spike that leans over and isn’t spherical and the foliage is less clumping and more linear.

26/01/2013 2 Comments

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Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Naturalistic garden, Ornamental grass, Shade tolerant

Banksia ericifolia, banksia spinulosa, Doryanthes palmeri, foliage contrast, large flower, Lomandra hystrix, Lomandra longifolia, Red flowers

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A tough and useful Bushfood: Lomandra longifolia

Spear Lily: Doryanthes palmeri