Horticulture staff at the Australian National Botanic Gardens have added five Xanthorroeas to the garden's collection.
The iconic Australian plants have been donated to the gardens from the ACTEW corporation after being removed from development sites at the Cotter.
The environmental benefits of the plants are they are a low water species while being striking in landscape design.
ACTEW gifted the Gardens with over 20 grass trees. Five are now visible on the corner of the Grasslands section in the visitor car-park. The remainder are reserved for future plantings.
The addition will be an experimental planting to monitor how well the plants transition compared to others planted later in the year.
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