Thamnochortus gracilis (100 seeds)

Thamnochortus gracilis (100 seeds)

Family: Restionaceae

The stems are 1m high, slender, erect, terete; leaf-sheaths 12cm. long, closely convolute, coriaceous, lacerate at the tip.

Sowing instructions: Before sowing, the seed should be treated with smoke or soaked in a smoke-water solution. The seed should be sown during early autumn, when the nights are cool, between 10°C and 15°C, and the days are still warm, between 20°C and 30°C. After about three weeks the seed germinates and after another six to nine weeks can be pricked out.

Locality: Napier. Harvest: November 2024