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Poaceae
Basketgrass
Oplismenus hirtellus
Also known as Woodland basketgrass, Oplismenus grass, Wavyleaf basketgrass, Oplismenus loliaceus
Tropical Plants · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Groundcover · Shade Tolerant · Ornamental Grass · Trailing · Variegated · Indoor Grass · Tropical · Low Maintenance · Spreading · Container Plant
Basketgrass is a low-growing, shade-tolerant ornamental grass that works beautifully as a spreading groundcover or trailing indoor plant, particularly in its variegated form. It thrives in bright indirect light to partial shade and prefers consistently moist soil in a warm environment. Trim back occasionally to keep it tidy and prevent it from spreading too aggressively in garden beds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil lightly moist; allow the top half-inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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