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 |
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0.6m max. height |
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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 |
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0.5m max. height |
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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 |
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0.5m max. height |
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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 |
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1m max. height |
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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 |
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0.6m max. height |
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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 |
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0.5m max. height |
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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 |
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0.5m max. height |
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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 |
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0.3m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex comans Green form (Sedge Green form)
Green form has dense tufts of pale greenish-yellow, thread-like foliage. Moves in the wind.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.25m max. height |
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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 |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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