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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 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 tenuiculmis (New Zealand hair sedge)

Other names: Cinnamon sedge, Bronze sedge, Carex secta var. tenuiculmis

C. tenuiculmis is a densely tufted, evergreen perennial with linear, grass-like, brown to bronze-red leaves and spikes of pale brown flowers from late spring into summer.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex testacea (Orange New Zealand sedge)

C. testacea is a densely tufted, evergreen perennial with long, olive-green to orange-brown arching leaves and pale to dark brown flower spikes on stems in midsummer.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex buchananii (Leatherleaf Sedge)

C. buchanii is a clump-forming, upright grass with narrow reddish brown leaves curling at the tips.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex flagellifera (Glen Murray tussock sedge)

Other names: Carex flagellaris 'Cyperacea' , Weeping brown sedge, Orange hair sedge, Carex lucida

C. flagellifera forms clumps of linear, reddish-brown leaves, and tall stems of pale brown flower spikes in late summer.
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1m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex comans (Bronze New Zealand hair sedge)

C. comans bronze forms a dense tuft of narrow, linear, reddish-brown leaves, with inconspicuous brown flower spikes.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m 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 testacea 'Old Gold' (New Zealand sedge 'Old Gold')

Other names: Orange New Zealand sedge

'Old Gold' is an evergreen sedge with spikes of brown flowers in late spring. It forms a clump of fine, upright leaves that are bronze-tinted when new, maturing to golden tones.
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0.5m max. spread

0.4m 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