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Carex plantaginea (Seersucker sedge)

Other names: Plantain-leaf sedge

C. plantaginea is a compact, dense, clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with broadly linear, glossy, puckered, bright green leaves and maroon-striped stems bearing cream to pale yellow flower spikelets in summer.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex blanda (Eastern woodland sedge)

Other names: Common wood sedge, Creek sedge, Carex laxiflora var. blanda

C. blanda is a rhizomatous, densely-tufted, evergreen perennial with linear, arching, keeled, glossy, mid- to bright green leaves and compact, cylindrical, pale green flower spikelets from spring to early summer.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex fascicularis (Tassel sedge )

C. fascicularis is a clump-forming, dense, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial grass with broadly linear, mid- to bright green leaves and pendent spikes of green flower spikelets from spring into summer.
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1m max. spread

1.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex elata (Tufted sedge)

Other names: Tussock sedge

C. elata is a semi-evergreen, clump-forming perennial with linear, arching, sharply keeled, dark green leaves. Erect stems bear brown, male flower spikes above green female flower spikes in late spring and early summer.
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0.75m max. spread

0.75m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex acuta (Slender-tufted sedge )

Other names: Slender-spiked sedge, Carex gracilis

C. acuta is clump-forming, semi-evergreen grass with linear to strap-shaped, mid-green leaves and spikes of dark brown flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.9m max. spread

0.9m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex comans 'Frosted Curls' (New Zealand sedge 'Frosted Curls')

Other names: Carex albula 'Frosted Curls', Carex albula, Carex flagellifera 'Frosted Curls', Carex fraseri 'Frosted Curls' , Frosty curls sedge, Carex 'Frosted Curls'

'Frosted Curls' is a compact, tufted, borderline hardy, evergreen perennial with linear, arching, silvery, grey-green leaves and green flower spikelets in summer.
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0.45m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex comans bronze-leaved (Bronze New Zealand hair sedge )

Other names: Bronze hair sedge , Carex flagellifera 'Bronze Form, Carex comans 'Bronze Form', Carex comans brown, Carex 'Comans Bronze'

C. comans bronze-leaved is a perennial sedge that forms a dense tuft of graceful, arching, bronze foliage, with inconspicuous brown flower spikes.
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0.45m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex oshimensis 'Evercream' (Sedge 'Evercream')

Other names: Carex oshimensis 'EverColor Evercream' (EverColor Series)

'Evercream' is a clump-forming, evergreen, grass-like sedge bearing long, arching, linear, dark green leaves with cream to pale yellow margins. Inconspicuous, brown flower spikelets bloom in summer.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex brunnea 'Jenneke' (Greater brown sedge 'Jenneke')

Other names: Dwarf golden sedge 'Jenneke'

'Jenneke' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial bearing long, upright to arching, linear, pale yellow leaves with dark green margins and inconspicuous, pale brown flower spikelets in spring.
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0.3m max. spread

0.4m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex comans Green form (Sedge Green form)

Green form has dense tufts of pale greenish-yellow, thread-like foliage. Moves in the wind.
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0.75m max. spread

0.25m max. height

2-5 years to maturity