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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 'Silver Sceptre' (Sedge 'Silver Sceptre')

Other names: Carex morrowii 'Silver Sceptre'

'Silver Sceptre' is a compact, clump-forming, dense, deciduous to semi-evergreen perennial bearing linear, mid- to dark green leaves with cream to pale green margins. Insignificant, green-brown flower spikelets bloom in late spring.
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0.45m max. spread

0.3m 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 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 appalachica (Appalachian sedge)

C. appalachica is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with long, linear, mid- to bright green leaves and inconspicuous flower spikes in spring.
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0.45m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex sylvatica (Wood sage)

Other names: European woodland sedge, Forest sedge

C. sylvatica is a clump-forming, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial with slightly keeled, glossy, mid-green leaves and pale yellow flower spikelets in summer.
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0.6m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Carex ornithopoda 'Variegata' (Bird's foot sedge 'Variegata' *)

Other names: Variegated bird's foot sedge, Carex ornithopoda 'Aurea'

'Variegata' is a compact, dense, tufted, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial grass forming a mound of linear, arching, glossy, mid-green leaves with narrow, creamy-white margins and lax stems bearing insignificant, pale green flower spikes in late spring and early summer.
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0.3m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity