Stylidium Raptor - dinosaur grass
These little-known native plants might finally be getting the recognition they've been waiting for.
Over 80 new species of Stylidium have been found in the past 20 years, taking the total to over three hundred - and yet many of us have never comes across them at all.
So we're rapt to have new Raptor in the range. The plants are carnivorous, and can trap and eat small insects; they're also known as trigger plants as when an insect lands on the flower, they can instantly fire pollen at it in response.
So cool, and yet so unknown!
Raptor is also very pretty, fitting right at home in a cottage garden setting with slender pink blossom stems and grassy foliage.
Flowering images: John Tann cropped to size.
Stylidium armeria ‘Raptor’ - dinosaur grass, trigger plant
APPEARANCE : Grassy rosettes of green leaves produce tall slender airy spires of pink four-petalled flowers in spring.ORIGIN : Native to the east and south of Australia from QLD to TAS, found in woods and open bushland
USE FOR : Cottage gardens, mixed flower borders, pots and containers, edging
CLIMATE : Drought and frost tolerant.
PLANTING : New to cultivation but appears from its native range to be adaptable. They seem to prefer low-nutrient soil with good drainage and some reliability of rainfall. Plant in sun or dappled shade.
CARE : Plant it and leave it, as most stylidium dislike root disturbance.
MATURE HEIGHT & WIDTH : 40cm H x 40cm W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
What is tubestock?
Plants For State | ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA |
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In Stock | NOW |