Plant in full sun to light shade in most soils from heavy clay to sandy well-draining soils. Tolerates moderate frost and drought conditions. An interesting little Lomandra that was marketed for its durability and gray coloration which would make it useful in mass plantings or for contrasting darker green or red foliage plants. Looks a bit like Sesleria caerulea but overall, more blue-gray and with leaf tips that are a tan color.

The name Lomandra comes from the Greek words 'loma' meaning "margin" and 'andros' meaning "male" and is in reference to a circular margin on the anthers. The specific epithet 'filiformis', meaning "thread-like" is in reference to the narrow leaves of the species. Lomandra filiformis 'LMF500' was discovered by Todd Layt in 1999 in nursery in New South Wales, Australia in a large seed crop lot of Lomandra filiformis. It was selected for its very blue coloration, more compact growth habit with a greater shoot density than common Lomandra filiformis. 'LMF500' is noted as having a more glaucous leaf texture than common Lomandra filiformis, which results in foliage with an overall blue-green foliage color instead of the grey-green to green foliage color typical of the species. We first received this plant for trial in 2007 from VersaScapes as part of their Celebrated Plant line but the plant was later marketed by the breeder through his Ozbreed Plants and it received U.S. Plant Patent PP18,859 in 2008.

While we found this variety to have a unique foliage color, it was not vigorous at our location when planted in the ground or in our nursery containers and had brown leaf tips that we felt unattractive. We started growing it in 2009 but discontinued production of in 2012. It is one of the few Lomandra that we don't even have a representative sample of in our Lomandra collection. 

Information displayed on this page about Lomandra filiformis Savannah Blue ['LMF500'] PP18,859 is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.