Grass Tree (xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
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Grass Trees are very slow growing with mature plants being centuries old.
Grass Trees only grow in Australia. These remarkable plants have a lifespan of 600 years but are very slow-growing. The trunk takes a decade to form initially as it is composed of a mass of old leaf bases held together by a natural resin. It is then a further 20 years or more before the mass of thin, linear leaves rises above it. From then on, it grows only about 1-2cm (0.4-0.8in) in height per year. We have observed plants which have taken 27 years to grown 30 centimetres (one foot). This plant grows to a height of over 4 metres and often has branches. It's growth rate is only about 1 metre every 100 years. However, the flowering stalk grows at a rate of 2 - 3 cm per day reaching to a height of over 3 metres. Mature plants will result in flowering every 2 - 3 years. |
Grass Tree (xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
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"Marutchi" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote: [Image] How utterly lovely! -- Peace, Om Remove both _ (underscores) to validate gmail e-mails. "Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." -- Steve Rothstein |
Grass Tree (xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
Barbara wrote Grass Trees are very slow growing with mature plants being centuries old. Grass Trees only grow in Australia. These remarkable plants have a lifespan of 600 years but are very slow-growing. The trunk takes a decade to form initially as it is composed of a mass of old leaf bases held together by a natural resin. It is then a further 20 years or more before the mass of thin, linear leaves rises above it. From then on, it grows only about 1-2cm (0.4-0.8in) in height per year. We have observed plants which have taken 27 years to grown 30 centimetres (one foot). This plant grows to a height of over 4 metres and often has branches. It's growth rate is only about 1 metre every 100 years. However, the flowering stalk grows at a rate of 2 - 3 cm per day reaching to a height of over 3 metres. Mature plants will result in flowering every 2 - 3 years. Those "Black Boys" (the original name) are one of the things that sticks in my memory about your side of Australia. A mass of bushy lush green grass on top of a bushfire blackened trunk, the contrast is superb -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
Grass Tree (xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
Bob Hobden wrote:
Those "Black Boys" (the original name) are one of the things that sticks in my memory about your side of Australia. A mass of bushy lush green grass on top of a bushfire blackened trunk, the contrast is superb Indeed that is what mot of us still call them, the PC police get a little upset though. :-) |
Grass Tree (xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
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In article , "Marutchi" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote: [Image] How utterly lovely! Thanks. |
Grass Tree (xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
"Marutchi" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... Grass Trees are very slow growing with mature plants being centuries old. Grass Trees only grow in Australia. These remarkable plants have a lifespan of 600 years but are very slow-growing. The trunk takes a decade to form initially as it is composed of a mass of old leaf bases held together by a natural resin. It is then a further 20 years or more before the mass of thin, linear leaves rises above it. From then on, it grows only about 1-2cm (0.4-0.8in) in height per year. We have observed plants which have taken 27 years to grown 30 centimetres (one foot). This plant grows to a height of over 4 metres and often has branches. It's growth rate is only about 1 metre every 100 years. However, the flowering stalk grows at a rate of 2 - 3 cm per day reaching to a height of over 3 metres. Mature plants will result in flowering every 2 - 3 years. That's fascinating, Barbara, Thanks. And the picture is superb too. Mary |
Grass Tree (xanthorrhoea johnsonii)
Mary Fisher wrote:
That's fascinating, Barbara, Thanks. And the picture is superb too. Thank you Mary. |
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