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Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler' (Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler')

'Sparkler' is an evergreen sedge with whorled, strap-like leaves that are light-green with cream margins on an upright stem. In summer it bears a central cluster of brush-like flowers.
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0.6m 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 oshimensis 'Everest' (Sedge 'Everest')

Other names: Carex oshimensis 'CarFit01', Carex oshimensis 'Fiwhite', Carex oshimensis 'Carfitol', Carex morrowii 'Everest', White variegated Japanese sedge

'Everest' is a dense, tufted, evergreen, perennial grass forming a mound of narrow, arching, glossy, dark green leaves with white margins and lax stems bearing brown flower spikes in summer.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

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 oshimensis 'Eversheen' (Sedge 'Eversheen')

Other names: Carex oshimensis 'EverColor Eversheen'

'Eversheen' is a dense, tufted, evergreen perennial grass forming a mound of long, arching, linear, glossy, bright yellow-green leaves with dark green margins and lax stems bearing insignificant, brown flower spikes in summer.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex grayi (Mace sedge)

Other names: Gray sedge, Gray's sedge, Common bur sedge, Morning star sedge

C. grayi is a dense, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial grass with upright, linear, dark green leaves and mid-green flower spikes in summer followed by star-shaped, pale green seed heads.
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0.6m max. spread

0.75m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex pseudocyperus (Cyperus sedge)

Other names: Hop sedge, Sedge hop

C. pseudocyperus is a slowly-spreading, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial forming clumps of broad, linear to lance-shaped, bright green leaves. It bears drooping yellow-green flower spikes in late spring, which form brown catkins later on.
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0.6m max. spread

0.9m 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 acutiformis (Swamp sedge)

Other names: Marsh sedge, Lesser pond sedge, Carex paludosa, Lesser bank sedge, Sniddel , Sniddels

C. acutiformis is a vigorous, spreading, rhizomatous perennial with linear, red- or brown-flushed, light green leaves and slender, erect stems bearing dark brown flower spikes in summer.
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1.2m max. spread

1.2m 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