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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

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex panicea (Carnation sedge)

Other names: Grasslike sedge

C. panicea is a tufted, rhizomatous, spreading, moisture-loving deciduous to semi-evergreen perennial with narrow, upright or arching, blue-green leaves and, in late spring and early summer, erect to arching stems bearing reddish-brown and pale yellow male flower spikes borne above female flower spikes which are followed by ovoid, brown fruit.
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0.4m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex hirta (Goose grass)

Other names: Hairy sedge , Hammer sedge

C. hirta is a clump-forming, deciduous, perennial grass with linear, hairy, mid-green leaves, triangular in cross-section, and, from early summer to early autumn, elongated panicles of pale yellow flower spikelets followed by beaked, downy, pale green fruit.
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0.6m max. spread

0.7m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex lurida (Sallow sedge)

Other names: Lurid sedge, Bottlebrush sedge, Shallow sedge

C. lurida is a variable, tufted perennial with arching, linear, bright green leaves and yellow-green flowers from early summer until early autumn.
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0.6m max. spread

1m max. height

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

0.75m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex sylvatica (Wood sage)

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

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex caryophyllea 'The Beatles' (Mop head sedge 'The Beatles' )

Other names: Spring sedge 'The Beatles'

'The Beatles' is a deciduous perennial with narrow, bright green leaves borne on erect stems and spikes of golden-brown inconspicuous flowers in mid- to late spring.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity