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Biloela is the main tall variety now; it is fairly salt-tolerant. Nunbank, Boorara, Tarewinnabar and Molopo cultivars were selected for some superior features, but are not now sold widely. Nunbank was supposed to establish more easy, Boorara is leafier, while Tarewinnabar has better early spring growth and seedling vigour. Molopo is more cold tolerant, but is shy seeding. Two new cultivars, Bella and Viva, are intermediate in height between Biloela and Gayndah. They are late flowering and have fewer rhizomes than Biloela. Bella has been selected for its good establishment on heavy clays and black soils, and for its higher levels of sodium in the foliage, whereas Viva has been selected for its early spring growth and good establishment arising from very competitive seedlings.