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Elegia elephantina
Elephant deckreed (Elegia elephantina), also called large Cape rush, is a reed-like rush from the Western Cape of South Africa, grown as an ornamental for its architectural clumps. Give it full sun, good drainage and moderate water once established.
Elegia elephantina, the large Cape rush, is a species of reed‑like flowering plant in the family Restionaceae, native to the western Cape Provinces of South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
