OOps, I overlooked where you said that this was a public garden! I was giving you the credit! Oh well, you can have the credit for the great photo! :) I am planning to go to England someday for the Chelsea Flower Show. In fact, we were supposed to go there for our honeymoon, but we were scared of going overseas right after 9/11, so we went to Hawaii instead. With airfare going up up up, it may be many more years before I can affored to go. I would love to meet someone who has been there!

We have planted a field of L. longifolia on a north facing site with spacing of 6 -8 inches between each seedling, in many rows. We got a rapid coverage but now after a few years it is obvious that it may have been a little too close. Perhaps the 18" you suggest might work although it may be slower initially. I liked the idea of thick coverage early so there was less run off of water..

Greg, specialist nurseries stock this plant. Ask Kuranga Nursery down your way. Kris

Most of the new forms of Lomandra being used in landscaping etc. have come from Abulk as a result of persistant and careful selection. They actually employ folk to be vigilant in detecting any genetic variation in their seed grown plants. If anything interesting comes along it is immediately separated and if it shows promise it is grown on to see how it turns out. All of the Lomandras are looked at for potential and as a result they are selling variations of L. longifolia, L. filiformis, L. confertifolia and lots of Dianellas. It is obvious there is more out there. Victoria must have considerable genetic variation in Lomandra to surprise a few gardeners in the future.