This perennial grass is often grown as an annual and forms loose tufts of bright-green sword-shaped leaves. The male and female spikelets are appear on arching long stalks during autumn and are followed by rounded fruit.

Hardiness zones 9 to 12 

Coix lacryma-jobi is naturally found in south-east Asia but has naturalised throughout the world in tropical regions. It prefers well-drained fertile soils with reliable moisture and prefers a sunny protected position and is frost and drought tender. 

Christ's Tears is a perennial grass that is grown for its peculiar rounded fruit and habit. It is used as a border or specimen plant and also may be grown in a container establishing in one year and is evergreen in warm climates. It is mass planted around a water feature giving a reed-like appearance. ID 1452

Coix (KÕ-ils) lacryma-jobi (LĂ-kri-ma-YÕ-bee)

Poaceae (poh_AY-see-ee)
Grass Family