Thamnochortus insignus (100 seeds)

Thamnochortus insignis (100 seeds)

Family: Restionaceae

An ornamental restio with golden-brown bracts. It makes an attractive, if large, container plant for patios and pool sides.

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: Albertina.  Harvest: August 2024