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Thamnochortus cinereus
Also called Silver Thatching Reed, Silver Thatchreed
Silver Reed is a grass-like restio (a rush-like plant, not a true grass) from the fynbos of South Africa's Western Cape, forming neat silvery tufts. It needs good drainage, full sun and dry conditions, and rarely does well in wet or humid gardens.
Thamnochortus cinereus is a species of grass-like restio of the family Restionaceae. It grows in the fynbos region in South Africa. It is known as the silver reed in English and Silverriet in Afrikaans.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thamnochortus cinereus 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.
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.
