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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Baumea tenax
Height: 1m;  Spread: 1.5m
Bumblebee nut sedge (Sedge & Rush-like)
Rigid dark green foliage. Slow spreading to form tufts even in bogs and scrub of low fertility.It can be identified by the orange nuts which have a black band around the centre - like a Bumblebee.
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