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Hopkinsia

Hopkinsia
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Hopkinsia is a small genus of rush-like plants in the Restionaceae family, with only two accepted species, both native to southwestern Australia. They are rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is based on their native habitat of seasonally wet, sandy or peaty soils in open, sunny sites.

Family
Restionaceae (Restion family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil moist during the growing season and let it dry back a little in summer, mirroring their seasonal wet-dry habitat.
Soil
Sandy, acidic, well-drained but moisture-retentive mix, similar to Western Australian heath soils.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Hopkinsia is a genus of plants in the family Restionaceae, first described as a genus in 1904. The entire group is endemic to southwestern Australia.

Two species are accepted.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hopkinsia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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