I am curious how this Lomandra has regrown? Every time I have seen one pruned hard, the regrowth seems much thinner and uneven compared to the original growth.
You are pruning them like the commercial maintenance guys do in the cities. Lomandras should be cut a few inches from ground level to keep its natural grass like form and to remain healthy. There is really no reason to prune them like you did. I understand you likely do not want a blank spot in the garden once you have pruned the Lomandra, but they grow so fast that you will literally see growth within the next few days. Plus, the garden you're working in has such a beautiful natural design to it, even more of a reason not to prune like you did. I prune Lomandras and all grasses with bypass hand pruners. Pruning them with power shears will typically "shred" the ends of the blades of the plant. I cringe when I see people using power shears on grass like plants. Leave that to the commercial maintenance guys, this yard deserves better. Yes using hand pruners takes longer, but in the end, I think you get better results. Less clean up, too. You did a great job on the design of this garden.
Thank you for watching and for the thoughtful comment. With Lomandra in particular, we don't feel there's much difference between hand pruning and mechanical pruning aesthetic wise because they already have square-tipped ends with a naturally jagged look. We wanted to show the option since many people do have mass plantings and it wouldn't always be practical time-wise to hand prune. In our observations of many Lomandra plantings, pruning at different heights doesn't affect the appearance after a couple months of growth. The extra hard pruning you described is definitely one effective method for rejuvenating Lomandras.
