Restios

Cordyline australis and indivisa

Restios, as they are a group of plants belonging to the family Restionaceae. Hailing from the botanically diverse cape region of South Africa and also some from Australia, these are a reed-like plant. I think that they look like half grass and half bamboo!
Restios can vary in size and appearance, though most develop an upright tussock of cylindrical, reed-like stems similar to rushes.
The flowers are typically chocolate-brown and held at the tips of the stems, and the foliage is often limited to fern-like juvenile growth found at the base of young plants. In some genera however, like Rhodocoma or Thamnochortus, the reed-like stems are cloaked in dense, feathery foliage creating an entirely different effect than in the Chondropetalum genus.
Most of the Restios should be fully hardy in most of Ireland.
In time they will form very attractive specimen plants that can be used in a variety of places in your garden.

Chondropetalum tectorum - Cape Thatching Reed

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/chondrotect.htm

Calopsis paniculata - Calopsis

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/calopsispan.htm

Elegia capensis - Broom Reed
This handsome vertical growing perennial resembles a giant horsetail, and indeed is found naturally alongside streams and in moist seeps. Reaching almost 7' tall (2 metres) in time and forming a dense clump of cylindrical stems ringed with thread-like branches in tight whorls, this large species is well suited to poolside gardens, specimen plantings and oversized containers. Cinnamon-coloured papery leaf bracts also line the stems creating additional ornamental interest.

Rhodocoma capensis - Mikado Stems

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/rhodocomsp.htm

Rhodocoma gigantea

Rhodocoma arida

Pot Size	Price	Availability
3 Litre	€ 12.00	available

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