| Description | Forms a narrow clump of blue green foliage with thin wands of ruby pink flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (ME-lin-iss)(ner-vee-GLOO-miss) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 7-10 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to moist, somewhat draught tolerant once established |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, well drained |
| Growing Media | average patio |
| Temperature | untested but probably kills at 20 degrees F |
| Flowers | iridescent, narrow, ruby pink, spikes on 12-18 inch scapes |
| Leaves | narrow, linear grass-like foliage, soft, blue green with shades of purple red in the fall |
| Dimensions | clumps, 12 inches tall |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Native Site | Native to the open grasslands of South Africa. |
| Misc Facts | (syn. Rhynchelytrum nerviglume) |
| Author's Notes | A grew this plant a few times from seed. In zone #5 I only got it to bloom a few times, in the fall. |
| Notes & Reference | #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (John Greenlee) |
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