Carex oshimensis 'Everest' (Sedge 'Everest')
Other names: Carex oshimensis 'CarFit01', Carex oshimensis 'Fiwhite', Carex oshimensis 'Carfitol', Carex morrowii 'Everest', White variegated Japanese sedge
'Everest' is a dense, tufted, evergreen, perennial grass forming a mound of narrow, arching, glossy, dark green leaves with white margins and lax stems bearing brown flower spikes in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex laxiculmis 'Bunny Blue' (Creeping sedge 'Bunny Blue')
Other names: Carex laxiculmis 'Hobb'
'Bunny Blue' is a dense, mound-forming, evergreen perennial grass with arching, broadly linear, silvery, blue-green leaves and lax stems bearing insignificant, pale yellow flower spikes in late spring and early summer.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex pendula (Pendulous sedge)
C. pendula is a grassy perennial with long, dropping red-brown flowers in summer.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: European woodland sedge, Forest sedge
C. sylvatica is a clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with slightly keeled, glossy, mid-green leaves and pale yellow flower spikelets in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex acutiformis (Swamp sedge)
Other names: Marsh sedge, Lesser pond sedge, Carex paludosa, Lesser bank sedge, Sniddel , Sniddels
C. acutiformis is a vigorous, spreading, rhizomatous perennial with linear, red- or brown-flushed, light green leaves and slender, erect stems bearing dark brown flower spikes in summer.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
C. lupulina is a clump-forming, deciduous, perennial grass with upright to arching, flat, linear, mid-green leaves and hop-like, light green flower spikelets in late spring and early summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex morrowii (Japanese sedge)
Other names: Morrow's sedge
C. morrowii is a clump-forming evergreen ornamental grass forming long, narrow and arching green leaves.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex muskingumensis (Palm branch sedge)
Other names: Palm sedge, Palm leaf sedge, Umbrella flat sedge
C. muskingumensis is a spreading, loosely tufted, deciduous perennial with narrow, bright green leaves borne on erect stems and spikes of golden-brown flowers in mid- to late spring.
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0.45m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Gray sedge, Gray's sedge, Common bur sedge, Morning star sedge
C. grayi is a dense, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial grass with upright, linear, dark green leaves and mid-green flower spikes in summer followed by star-shaped, pale green seed heads.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.75m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex comans (Bronze New Zealand hair sedge)
C. comans bronze forms a dense tuft of narrow, linear, reddish-brown leaves, with inconspicuous brown flower spikes.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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