Propagation
Sow fresh seed during early autumn and maintain a temperature of 20ş to 30ş C. (68ş to 86ş F). Pre soak in smoke water for 24 hours prior to sowing.
Division of the rhizome during early spring.

Note
This perennial is drought hardy once established and requires ample room to grow and it dislikes being planted against walls. The most ornamental period is from early summer to autumn and the plant is very bee attractive during the flowering period.

Botanic information
Leaf: The leaves are reduced to sheaths that are split on one side and are imbricate at the base but not forming as tube. Photosynthesis is carried out by the green culms.

Flower: This plant is dioecious and produces brown female spikelets in a dense cluster above the foliage during the summer and wind pollinated. The pendant male spikelets are also produced during summer and the male and female plants are difficult to identify when not in flower.

Fruit: The small nutlets are contained in the persistent calyx and have 2-small wings that aid in wind dispersal. Large quantities of seed are produced but only a small percentage is viable. The plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.