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Elegia capensis (Horsetail Restio)

Elegia capensis (Horsetail Restio)
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Type Grass, Evergreen
Form Upright Taller-Growing Clump, Architectural Form
Size Large Border / Screening Plant (1.8 to 3m height)
Colours Dark green Foliage
Care Medium - high
Hardiness Frost hardy
Growth Medium Growing Plant
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Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage


Strengths of Elegia capensis:

  • Ideal for fast growing screening
  • Provides valuable winter interest
  • Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
  • Architectural plant – ideal as a ‘stand out’ plant
  • Attractive form or foliage for all year interest

Weaknesses of Elegia capensis

  • Does not produce showy attractive flowers
  • Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils

Design & Plant Use for Elegia capensis:

  • Evergreen plant with attractive foliage for winter interest
  • Ornamental grass ideal for drift planting in a sunny spot
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plants for winter interest
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Common Missspellings: Eleagia

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