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water wise plants
water hardiness
top tenbird attracting butterfly attracting
project typeurban and commercial residential
ecosystem typealpine woodland
soil type and drainagelight - sandy soils medium - loamy soils good drainage
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Poa fawcettiae
snow poa, horny snowgrass
An erect tufted perennial with stems to 60cm in height. Blue-green sharply pointed leaves and purplish seed heads in summer. |
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| origin | NSW, Vic. |
| cultural notes | Prefers drier soils in full sun or part shade. Naturally occurs in woodland and sub-alpine meadows between 1600 and 2000m. |
| tolerates | Tolerant of drought, frost and snow. |
| flowering season | Summer. |
| flower colour | Greenish-purple clustered seedheads. |
| foliage colour | Blue-green rigid, pointed leaves to 1mm in width. |
| width | up to 0.3m |
| height | up to 0.6m |
| plant spacing | 10cm apart |
| recommended uses | An attractrive grass for high altitude areas. |
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canberra
Corner Pialligo + Fairbairn Av Pialligo ACT 2609 t 02 6262 6456 | f 02 6262 6006 e p PO Box 4560 Kingston ACT 2604
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se nsw
37 Wandella Forest Rd Wandella NSW 2550 t 02 4477 9320 | f 02 6494 0256 p PO Box 5137 Cobargo NSW 2550 abn 91 109 945 146
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