{"product_id":"baloskion-tetraphyllum-syn-restio","title":"Tassel Cord Rush - Baloskion tetraphyllum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTassel Cord Rush - Baloskion tetraphyllum\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaloskion tetraphyllum\u003c\/em\u003e is the soft one. Where most Australian rushes and sedges are stiff and spiky, this species carries fine, feathery green plumes on upright stems, so a mass planting moves in the lightest breeze and reads as texture rather than structure. It comes from swamp margins and creek banks down the east coast, which means it does something almost no other ornamental does well: it thrives in ground that stays wet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Tassel Cord Rush\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWet Feet Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It grows happily in saturated soil, at pond margins and in standing water, where most plants rot.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeathery Texture\u003c\/strong\u003e: The fine plumose foliage is unusually soft for a native strappy plant and contrasts well with grasses.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClumping Habit\u003c\/strong\u003e: It spreads by slow rhizome into a tidy colony rather than running invasively.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFrost and Heat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardy through frost and through hot summers as long as moisture is available.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHabitat Value\u003c\/strong\u003e: Dense stems shelter frogs, small birds and beneficial insects in a water garden.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRain Gardens and Swales\u003c\/strong\u003e: Purpose-built for bioretention basins and stormwater treatment beds.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePond and Pool Margins\u003c\/strong\u003e: Softens hard water edges and grows directly into shallow water.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMass Planting\u003c\/strong\u003e: Drifts of thirty or more create a rippling green field effect in an open bed.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWater Bowls and Sealed Pots\u003c\/strong\u003e: One of the few plants that will grow permanently in a container without drainage.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8-1m for a continuous mass\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn or spring\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moisture-retentive to permanently wet soil, ideally slightly acidic and rich in organic matter. It will grow in ordinary garden beds provided they never dry out completely.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep the root zone constantly moist from planting, and do not let a new clump dry out even once during its first summer. Mulch with coarse organic material, feed lightly with a low-phosphorus native fertiliser in spring, and renew old clumps by cutting spent culms out at the base rather than shearing the tops, which ruins the plumed effect.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1-1.5m, occasionally to 2m in ideal wet conditions\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1-1.5m clump\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to part shade\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Swamps and creek margins of eastern Australia, from Queensland to Tasmania\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brown to tan plumes, insignificant\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"90L","offer_id":59795333218590,"sku":"ND-0184-90L","price":949.05,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/0ucs9KJ8-2HZS8GPq8uqu_uyT4ahTR.jpg?v=1787313647","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/baloskion-tetraphyllum-syn-restio","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}