toetoe

I just looked on wikipedia, and I can't tell the difference between toetoe and pampas grass.

Toitoi in the moonlight StyleyGeek 2007

Pampas grass tends to have a pink tint to the seed head, and I vaguely remember reading that it seeds at a different time of year than toetoe although I can't remember when!

Toitoi in the moonlight StyleyGeek 2007

Although if pressed, I would have to say my picture looks more like the one under toetoe because it's fluffier.

Toitoi in the moonlight StyleyGeek 2007

Although the URL for the toetoe page spells it toitoi.

Toitoi in the moonlight StyleyGeek 2007

Nasties from New Zealand that have become established in Australia include orange hawkweed, perennial grass, mirror plant, toetoe, New Zealand flax, lettuce aphid, the cabbage white butterfly, the sirex wood wasp, needle blight, and the monterey pine aphid.

unknown title 2009

Nasties from New Zealand that have become established in Australia include orange hawkweed, perennial grass, mirror plant, toetoe, New Zealand flax, lettuce aphid, the cabbage white butterfly, the sirex wood wasp, needle blight, and the monterey pine aphid.

unknown title 2009

As the light fades, the sound of the wind mingles with the rush of the rapids, the soft rattle of toetoe, the creak of an old dead branch somewhere up the track behind the hut.

pohanginapete 2008

I don’t know if it is, but that photo reminds me of the New Zealand plant toetoe.

One Deep Breath-The Unseen 2006