![]() This plant is a 2021 Blue Ribbon award winner from the UC Landscape Plant Irrigation Trials. We have chosen to honor Joseph Murray's original name by calling this plant by how it was registered in Australia instead of 'POM POM' as it is listed on its US Plant Patent. Talk about a plant with an identity issue! In any case this plant is fast becoming a very popular Lomandra in California. It is also being marketed in the US under the name Lomandra confertifolia Shorty, but its legitimate cultivar name should be either 'PomPom' as registered in Australia or 'Pom Pom' as patented in the US. It received US Plant Patent PP32,554 on Decemusing the name 'POM POM' (two words with letters all capitalized). It was registered by the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) to Joseph Murray of Vitatech Services in Victoria with the cultivar name 'PomPom' and was marketed through the Outback Plants program of Australian Horticultural Services in Wonga Park, Victoria. pallida cultivars and described as a mound forming male plant to 40–60 cm tall by 70–100 cm across, with dense semi-erect to arching foliage of the RHS Color Chart Green Group 141B with inflorescences half the length of leaves and generally hidden. This cultivar was introduced in October 2014 as a mutation discovered within a planting of tissue cultured Lomandra confertifolia subsp. pallida typically grows in rocky places, usually on sandstone from high mountainous areas to near the coast from Sydney New South Wales north to central Queensland. It is similar in color and form to the cultivar 'Lime Tuff' but about two thirds the size and even more similar to Lime Tight but 'PomPom' maintains a more upright habit, while the lower foliage of Lime Tight becomes a bit more lax, giving the plant a more rounded shape with age. This cultivar was first marketed in the US in 2019 and early indications have shown that it should prove to be useful in mass plantings as a groundcover, an accent plant or in a container. Hardy to moderate frost and temperatures down to 10 to 15☏ and useful in areas down to USDA Zone 8. Plant in full sun to part shade in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to infrequently. pallida 'PomPom' PP32,554 (Shorty Mat Rush) - A compact mound forming grass-like plant 18 to 24 inches tall by 2-3 feet wide with semi-erect vivid lime colored foliage and small male cream to yellow flowers held nearly hidden among the foliage. ![]() pallida 'PomPom' PP32,554 - Shorty Mat Rush pallida 'PomPom' PP32,554 at San Marcos Growers
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