Chionochloa rubra
(red tussock)
Details:
| Foliage Colour: | Red |
| Height: | 150 cm |
| Width: | 100 cm |
| Growth per Annum: | Medium |
| Climate: | Hardy |
| Sun: | Full Sun, Part Shade |
| Soil: | Dry, Moist, Wet |
| Category: | Grass |
| Features: | Native. Attractive to insects. Suitable restoration species. |
Large, striking red tussock. Flowing form is impressive in exposed windy sites. Handles wet to dry, and low fertility soils.
Habitat: Subalpine to alpine (rarely upper montane). Often the dominant of tussock grassland, also found within shallow bogs or fringing the margins of deeper bogs and small ponds, tarns and slow flowing streams. Occasionally in canopy gaps in upper montane forest or within subalpine scrub.
Flowering: October - December
Fruiting: November - May
Prices
| Each | 20 or more | 50 or more | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2l Pot | $8.50 | $8.00 | $ |
