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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, clump-forming, deciduous perennial with arching, linear, bright green leaves and bottlebrush-shaped, yellow-green flower spikelets from early summer until early autumn.
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0.6m max. spread

1m max. height

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

0.5m max. height

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

1.2m max. height

10-20 years to maturity