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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.4m 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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.5m max. spread |
![]() |
0.5m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
Carex 'Red Rooster' (Leatherleaf sedge 'Red Rooster')
Other names: Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster', Buchanan's sedge 'Red Rooster'
'Red Rooster' is a dense, tufted, evergreen, perennial grass with narrow, arching, glossy, orange- to reddish-brown leaves and lax stems bearing brown flower spikes in summer.
Read more...
![]() |
0.9m max. spread |
![]() |
0.75m 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.
Read more...
![]() |
0.5m max. spread |
![]() |
0.4m max. height |
![]() |
2-5 years to maturity |
To add ? to your lists,
login to your account or subscribe.
Find out more about plant lists here
or Login