Tolerates most well-draining soils in full sun to light shade with occasional to regular irrigation. Hardy to moderate cold - probably to ~ 15° F. Rejuvenates well when cut back to a couple inches tall in fall to spring. Great for a low edging or in mass as a low maintenance groundcover that contrasts well with darker colored foliage.

This is a dwarf selection of the variable, eastern Australian(Queensland, New South Wales) Mat-rush, Lomandra confertifolia. Lomandra are dioecious plants with male and female flowers on separate plants but we never noted 'Little Con' in flower so we do not know whether it is male or female plant - if you know, please tell us. We did a trial planting of this plant in 2007 but at the time thought its yellow green color was a nutritional problem. Once we realized that this was the typical color for this plant we were able to better appreciate it. Our thanks go out to O'Connell of Australian Native Plants for pointing this out and for allowing us to use her picture of this plant. It was being marketed in the US by Ball Horticultural and we grew it from 2008 until 2010 but sadly this unique plant appears to no longer be grown by any US nursery. 

The information about Lomandra confertifolia 'Little Con' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.

Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.