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Mother In Law's Tongue

Mother In Law's Tongue
Photo: Sheldon Navie
Invasive Plant
Mother In Law's Tongue
Sansevieria trifasciata
 

Dense clumping plant with succulent sword like foliage to 1m in height. Mottled upright grey green leaves with occasional pale cream flowers on spikes in Spring. Effective spreading habit, preferring moist and shaded areas.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • Often spread through the dumping of garden waste, this plant is difficult to eradicate once established.
  • The variegated form of Sansevieria is a popular indoor plant. This use is acceptable; however it should not be planted in the garden or disposed of in dumped garden waste.
 
 
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Other superior selections include;

  • Liriope 'Stripey White'
  • Lomandra hystrix - Mat Rush
  • Dendrobium discolor - Australian Native Orchid

Ask your local retailer for more superior selections

 

Alternative Plants

Didgery Sticks
Photo: Shaun O'Brien
Alternative Plant Didgery Sticks
Baloskion pallens
Grasses
 

Fantastic Australian native heath plant that has green tubular stems with contrasting red bands. It has terminal spikelets of reddish gold flowers in spring and summer. It has a naturally vase like shape and makes a highly desirable accent plant.

Swamp Lily
Photo: Lorna Rose
Alternative Plant Swamp Lily
Crinum pedunculatum
Trees and Shrubs
 

Robust clumping plant with thick leathery leaves which will grow in heavy water laden soils, saline situations and even the seashore. In spring and summer it produces several stout flowering stems with large clusters of thinly petalled white lily type flowers.

Variegated Spider Lily
Photo: Norwood
Alternative Plant Variegated Spider Lily
Hymenocallis littoralis 'Thai Spider'
Trees and Shrubs
 

Dense clumping plant with extremely colourful green and white variegated foliage. Large clusters of white spider like foliage held above the clump in warmer months. A fantastic contrast plant for a full sum position.

 
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