Lomandra fluviatilis 'ABU7'

Summary

UC Davis is located in Davis, California, this site has a silty clay loam soil and plants are irrigated with potable water. More information about the field sites is located in the Nuts & Bolts section.

Shara developed a tidy, compact form, with fine-textured foliage that was spikey yet soft. Open house participants liked how the “graceful” foliage “catches the breeze easily” and the “way it moves in the breeze.” Since seedheads on ornamental grasses function as flowers and are viewed positively, we rated these persistent structures as flowers in our Floral ratings. Open house participants displayed a wide range of preferences for the seedheads, ranging from “interesting” to messy, or simply negating to rate them as flowers. Although plants developed brown forked tips, this is a habit of the species rather than a sign of stress. Throughout the season, Shara was colored medium green with some yellow and gold colored foliage distributed throughout the canopy, which was viewed as seasonally relevant “gold overtones” at the Fall Open House. The coloration, along with the consistent, uniform habit resulted in Shara ranking as the third favorite plant at the open houses (Table 12b). There were no significant differences between treatments in growth measurements or aesthetic ratings and we recommend irrigating Shara according to the WUCOLS Low Category (Table 12a).

Growth and Quality Data

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