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Pennisetum alopecuroides 'PA300'

Spectacular Feathery Flower Plumes

Environment
An environmentally friendly Australian native. Excellent for attracting native birds.

With a low viability of seed, this form is non-invasive to native bushland.

Nafray has fine leaves, is drought tolerant and a great winter colour. It is well suited to roadside, subdivision and mass planting as it has a lower growing height.

Description
A showy, compact clumping perennial grass with narrow arching leaves and spectacular feathery flower plumes from summer to autumn.

Grows to 3/5 of the size of the common form, being more hardy and having a better winter colour.

Uses
Mass planting, accent plant for rockeries and borders. Low maintenance gardens. Plumes suitable for dried arrangements.

Position
Tolerates a wide range of soils and climatic conditions, including poorly drained soils. Frost and drought tolerant.

Care
Mulch well. Trim to 1/3 the size preferably in May to August or when required. Fertilize with slow release fertilizer in late winter.

This Pennisetum produces very little viable seed that will germinate on site or in our nursery. We have to grow it from division, and not seed. It will stay where it is planted, which makes this native grass, highly desirable.

Nafray has a beautiful seed head that sits just nicely above the plant. It grows well from Hobart to Darwin.

Successful plantings have been carried out in Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne.

Top Nafray® Wholesale Growers (Pots, Viro Cells and Viro Tubes)

New South Wales

Grower	Location	Phone	Fax	Email
Andreasen's Green Nursery (Pots & VT)	KEMP'S CREEK	02 9826 1911	02 9826 1655
Bluedale Enterprises (Pots & VC)	WAUCHOPE	02 6586 0100	02 6586 0200
Botanica/Abulk Nurseries (Pots & VT)	SILVERDALE	02 4774 2811	02 4774 2911
Diversity Propagation (Pots)	VINEYARD	02 9627 6371	02 9627 6368

Australian Capital Territory

Grower	Location	Phone	Fax	Email
Hazelbrook Nursery (VT)	OAKS ESTATE	02 6297 2379	02 6297 1590

Queensland

Grower	Location	Phone	Fax	Email
Andreasens Green (Pots)	YATALA	07 3382 0076	07 3382 0370
Cedar Glen Nursery (Pots)	EATONS HILL	07 3289 2100	07 3289 2266
Greenstock Nurseries (Pots)	BELLMERE	07 3204 4522	07 3204 5617
Mad About Plants (Pots)	EDMONTON	07 4045 2777	07 4055 5469
Impact Grasses QLD (VT)	LOGANHOLME	07 3806 3399	07 3806 4433

South Australia

Grower	Location	Phone	Fax	Email
Coromandel Native Nursery (Pots & VT)	COROMANDEL EAST	0404 663 357	08 8388 2777

Victoria

Grower	Location	Phone	Fax	Email
Alliance Seeds Pty Ltd (VT)	THE BASIN	03 9761 0906	03 9761 1755
Prestige Plants (Pots)	WHITTLE SEA	03 9716 1514	03 9716 1977
Urban Environments (Pots)	BELGRAVE	03 975 43197	03 9754 3699

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