Restios in the Garden Plant list from Ginny Hunt February 9, 2005 meeting Cannamois virgata 12' x 12', nice pink new shoots, feathery culms, the biggest. Chondropetalum tectorum Most commonly available species. Cold hardy, nice dark green culms, 5-6', has been used for thatching. Elegia capensis Somewhat available in nurseries. Looks like a giant fluffy horsetail. Can get 8' high by wider than that. In nature can grow in water. Elegia cuspidata Simple culms (not fluffy), dark chestnut seed heads, 2' tall. Elegia equisetacea Ginny brought a specimen in a container. Golden seed heads. simple culms (not fluffy), 4' tall. Ischyrolepis sieberi 3' tall, fluffy lump Ischyrolepis subverticillata Ginny brought cut foliage. will take part shade. can get 6'+ tall. branched (horsetail) culms. Restio quadratus Square stems, fluffy foliage. 6'tall and wider than that. Rhodocoma arida Simple (unbranched) blue gray culms. Narrow columns to 5-6' Rhodocoma capensis Fluffy (branched) culms. Dark green in appearance. Fairly upright growth to 6'+ Rhodocoma gigantea Fluffy growth, foliage to 4', flower stems to 8'. chestnut flowers on male plants Staberoha distachya 16" perfect mound with wiry green stems, chestnut seed heads. Thamnochortus cinereus Fluffy tight mound to 5', silvery flowers held on stems to 7' Thamnochortus fruticosus Ginny brought a specimen in a large container. Spreads by short rhizomes, fluffy foliage to 6-8" Thamnochortus insignis Used for thatching. hemispheric mound to 8'h/wider. Simple culms. Thamnochortus schlecteri Short and fluffy, so far. Shiny bronze seed heads. To 16" so far.
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