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Nursery Direct
Tiger Grass
Thysanolaena maxima
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
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Supplied in 400mmtypically 1.5 to 2.5m tall on delivery
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
Tiger Grass - Thysanolaena maxima
Tiger Grass gives you the look of a bamboo without the risk of one. Thysanolaena maxima (now classified as Thysanolaena latifolia) is a large clumping grass that throws up arching canes clothed in broad, bamboo like leaves, forming a dense two to three metre mound that closes a screening gap quickly. Because it is a true clumper with no running rhizomes, it can be planted along a boundary without any of the containment work a running bamboo demands.
Why Tiger Grass
Non Invasive Clump: New canes rise from a tight base that widens only gradually, with no running rhizomes, so no root barrier is needed.
Speed of Screening: A well watered clump reaches its full 2 to 3m within a season or two, far sooner than most hedging shrubs close the same gap.
Bamboo Appearance: Wide leaves on arching canes read as bamboo at a glance and suit Balinese and tropical garden styles.
Feathery Plumes: Large plumes open reddish to pale green and age to tan, rising above the foliage through the cooler months, and they dry well for indoor use.
Renewable by Cutting: If it becomes tatty or frosted it can be cut hard to the ground and will regrow fully from the base.
Ideal Applications
Fast Privacy Screen: A single row along a fence line blocks the view to and from a neighbouring window.
Poolside Softening: The arching habit breaks up hard pool fencing and paving edges.
Tropical Backdrop: A tall green layer behind cordylines, heliconias and other tropical planting, best where it is sheltered from strong or salty wind, which shreds the broad leaves.
Garden Room Divider: A short run of clumps splits a large garden into separate spaces, or hides a shed, water tank or clothesline behind soft, moving foliage.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): 1 to 1.5m apart
Spacing (feature/avenue): 2 to 2.5m apart
Best Planting Season: Spring and summer, once frost risk has passed
Soil & Drainage: Grows in most soils as long as water does not lie around the crown, with best growth on rich, moist, well composted ground
Establishment Care: Soak the clump deeply every second or third day until its first summer is over, then water weekly in dry spells. Feed with a nitrogen rich or lawn style fertiliser in spring, and remove old or damaged canes at ground level each spring rather than shearing the tops, which spoils the arching form. In warm, moist districts the plumes can shed viable seed, so cut spent plumes off before they ripen where the garden adjoins bushland or a creek, which also keeps plume litter out of a nearby pool.
Plant Details
Height: 2 to 3m
Width: 1.5 to 2.5m
Growth Rate: Fast
Foliage: Evergreen in warm climates, foliage burns in frost but regrows from the base
Light: Full sun to part shade
Native to: Southern and south eastern Asia, including India, southern China and Indochina
Flower Colour: Reddish to pale green feathery plumes, ageing to tan
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
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How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







