Xanthorrhoea Common name: Grass Tree,                         Black boy	Indicates sun requirement      Full sun      Half sun      Semi-shade      Shade   Indicates Water requirement         High water requirement.     Water every 1-2 days.          Medium water requirement.     Water every 3-7 days.          Low water requirement.     Water every 7-14 days.
Description Xanthorrhoea are native to Australia and are a remarkable and long lived plant, bearing a dense tuft of stiff grassy leaves on the end of thick branches. Packed on a thick rush-like spike from the centre a metre or more in length, white flowers appear in spring, which hold their own beauty. These plants look tremendous in a sculptured native type garden. Slow growing.
Growing Little care is needed for these. Provide them with full sun, a well-drained soil and once a year tidy the brown spent grassy spikes off the trunk, unless you wish to have that “skirt” effect. Grass trees are drought resistant and salt tolerant. Propagation is from seed, but the downside to this is that these plants may need some 20 years to develop stems and more than 100 years to flower .....! It is an offence to take them from their natural habitat, and they do not take well to transplanting. Luckily most nurseries now have some in various sizes for you to select from. They should be planted while very young.