My favourite large-ish grass. It's the New Zealand version of pampass grass. Elegant, compact, versatile and tough as old boots. It looks great on its own as a specimen plant in a pot or gravel border, with other grasses and with perennial and annual flowers.
It tolerates all but the boggiest of soils, exposed or sheltered sites and everything but deep shade.
I hack off all the dead leaves and flower heads in Spring with shears for younger plants. For more mature plants I almost cut it to the ground.
You can divide a mature plant or sow seeds in spring to propagate it.
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