Elegia tectorum - Cape Thatching Reed / Restio / Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds Sweet Pepper

Elegia tectorum - Cape Thatching Reed / Restio / Ornamental Grass - Indigenous grass - 10 Seeds Sweet PepperThis restio makes an attractive garden plant, and can be used for thatching. Elegia tectorum has an upright, symmetrical, tufted reed like appearance with thin, dark green stems topped with dark brown flowers in slender compact spikes in autumn. It is usually about 1 m tall and may reach up to 1. 5 m in height with a spread of up to 2 3 m. Like all members of the Restio family, Elegia tectorum has male and female flowers on separate plants. The

Klaas's and Black Cuckoos love caterpillars

many yellow flowers intense yellow at flower tips

scalloped islands around the edges

5 metres sow in spring for stunning orange red to yellow green flowers

5 cm diameter

shiny and firmer

Bushman's tea is a shrub to small tree growing up to 10 m tall

involucral leaves bright yellow

7m with rosettes of dark green leaves with white spots in wavy bands and scarlet flowers on erect slender branches

and is native to West Asia

Closely related genera include Aloe and Haworthia

Related to Habanero family/citrus like flavour