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Carex Milk Chocolate (Carex 'Milchoc' )

Other names: Sedge Milk Chocolate

Milk Chocolate is an evergreen grass with glossy arching leaves that have yellow and red tints when new, ageing to brown and becoming orange-tinted in the autumn.
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0.4m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler' (Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler')

'Sparkler' is an evergreen sedge with whorled, strap-like leaves that are light-green with cream margins on an upright stem. In summer it bears a central cluster of brush-like flowers.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex 'Ice Dance' (Japanese sedge 'Ice Dance')

Other names: Morrow's sedge 'Ice Dance', Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'

'Ice Dance' is a mound-forming, evergreen perennial bearing long, linear, stiff, dark green leaves with creamy-white margins and insignificant, pale brown flowers in late spring.
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0.75m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' (Sedge 'Evergold')

'Evergold' is a clump-forming, evergreen, grass-like sedge bearing long, arching, linear, mid-green leaves, each with a central, pale yellow stripe. Inconspicuous, brown flower spikelets bloom in summer.
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0.4m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire' (Orange New Zealand sedge 'Prairie Fire' )

'Prairie Fire' is a tender, densely-tufted, evergreen perennial with narrowly-linear, arching, orange-flushed, olive green leaves turning orange red in autumn and cylindrical, red-flushed, brown flowers spikes in summer.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex acuta 'Variegata' (Slender-tufted sedge 'Variegata')

Other names: Variegated slender-tufted sedge, Carex riparia 'Variegata', Greater pond sedge 'Variegata', Greater bank sedge 'Variegata', Variegated greater pond sedge

'Variegata' is a deciduous, moisture-loving perennial forming spreading clumps of linear, creamy-white leaves with dark green margins and spikes of dark brown flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.9m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex otrubae (False fox sedge)

Other names: Carex obtrubae, Carex cuprina

C. otrubae is a tufted, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with linear, finely toothed, mid- to pale green leaves and, in summer, cylindrical spikes of green to orange-brown flowers with bristle-like, pale yellow bracts.
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0.5m max. spread

0.7m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex brunnea 'Lady Sunshine' (Greater brown sedge 'Lady Sunshine')

Other names: Carex elata 'Lady Sunshine', Carex 'Lady Sunshine'

'Lady Sunshine' is a clump-forming, evergreen perennial bearing long, upright to arching, linear, dark green leaves with yellow margins and inconspicuous, pale brown flower spikelets in spring.
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0.4m max. spread

0.4m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex elata 'Aurea' (Bowles' golden sedge)

Other names: Carex stricta 'Aurea', Carex elata 'Bowles' Golden', Carex acuta 'Aurea', Carex flava 'Aurea'

'Aurea' is a semi-evergreen, clump-forming perennial with linear, arching, yellow leaves narrowly edged with green. Brown male flower spikes are borne above green female spikes in late spring and early summer.
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0.5m max. spread

0.7m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex 'Silver Sceptre' (Sedge 'Silver Sceptre')

Other names: Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'

'Silver Sceptre' is a compact, clump-forming, dense, deciduous to semi-evergreen perennial bearing linear, mid- to dark green leaves with cream to pale green margins. Insignificant, green-brown flower spikelets bloom in late spring.
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0.45m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity