MICROLAENA STIPOIDES

5cm     $2.05

Much the most common species is Microlaena stipoides or ‘meadow rice grass’, yet despite being found in a large percentage of New Zealand lawns, it is still an unknown grass to most New Zealanders. It grows to about 80cm when flowering but the foliage stands perhaps 40cm tall if left uncut.It provides an excellent drought-resistant, shade and frost-tolerant sward. It is at its best, in sun or light shade, when left to form an unmown meadow with wind rippling across it.