Elegia capensis
Description:
This spectacular architectural plant is probably the most well known restio in cultivation. It has dense clumps of wiry, deep green stems with ferny “leaves” emerging at each node. Picture a pine tree crossed with an asparagus fern all with arching stems! It’s very cool. Ideal in an attractive pot or a protected area of the garden, this species is hardy to minus twelve degrees Celsius and prefers sandy, well-drained soil. E. capensis is endemic to South Africa’s Cape Province.
Common Name: Horsetail Restio
Family: Restionaceae (The Restio Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8b
Light: Full Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Brown
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Evergreen
Type: Grass
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Marshy areas along streams and in seepages, in seasonally wet sandy soil derived from Table Mountain sandstone from the coast to the interior.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Europe and Africa - Southern Africa and Madagascar
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