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 |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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 |
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0.7m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex dipsacea 'Dark Horse' (Green sedge 'Dark Horse')
Other names: Tahoata 'Dark Horse', Autumn sedge 'Dark Horse', Teasel sedge 'Dark Horse', New Zealand sedge 'Dark Horse'
'Dark Horse' is a tufted, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with narrow, linear, arching, olive-green leaves tinted bronze-red, particularly in winter, and erect to arching stems of black flower spikes in late summer and early autumn.
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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 |
Mahonia eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis 'Soft Caress' (Oregon grape 'Soft Caress')
Other names: Mahonia eurybracteata 'Soft Caress', Mahonia Soft Caress
'Soft Caress' is a compact, mound-forming, evergreen shrub bearing pinnate leaves with widely-spaced, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, toothed, dark olive green leaflets and, from mid-autumn into winter, arching to spreading racemes of lightly fragrant, bright yellow flowers followed by spherical, blue-black berries.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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