Archive for the 'Native Grasses' Category

I took this photo of grasses growing in a narrow garden bed to show one of the many uses for these tufted plants. I suspect that this one is Swamp Foxtail Grass as many houses had it growing somewhere in the garden. Although I would like to have some colour in the bed, the grass [...]

My original idea with this grass was to test its hardiness and suitability as a lawn grass. After I decided to not water a patch until it became unacceptable as a lawn to test the time between waterings, we had 3.5 mm of rain. This was three and a half weeks between waterings and was [...]

Chloris truncata (Windmill Grass) is a tufted perennial plant. Sometimes it behaves as an annual but I have proved it to be perennial if mown. Sometimes it spreads sideways by stolons in much the same way as couch grass but not so vigorous. It is wide spread in South Australia and also occurs in the [...]

I have a patch of Chloris truncata, a grass which is native to this area. Its common name is windmill grass because of the seed heads which form well above the leaves. A few weeks ago the poly hose on a nearby tap popped its connections and part of the chloris patch was watered. I [...]

I have been thinking of establishing a ‘lawn’ near the house partly to keep from tracking dirt into the house constantly and partly to have an area available for play. I don’t want vast paved areas. I know of a lawn of Wallaby Grass (Austrodanthonia Species) which works well but dries off in summer. The [...]