Carex 'Ice Dance' (Japanese sedge 'Ice Dance')
Other names: Morrow's sedge 'Ice Dance', Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
'Ice Dance' is a mound-forming, evergreen perennial bearing long, linear, stiff, dark green leaves with creamy-white margins and insignificant, pale brown flowers in late spring.
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0.75m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex otrubae (False fox sedge)
Other names: Carex obtrubae, Carex cuprina
C. otrubae is a tufted, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with linear, finely toothed, mid- to pale green leaves and, in summer, cylindrical spikes of green to orange-brown flowers with bristle-like, pale yellow bracts.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.7m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex conica 'Snowline' (Miniature variegated sedge)
Other names: Sedge 'Snowline', Carex conica 'Marginata', Carex conica 'Hime-kan-suge', Variegated Japanese sedge
'Snowline' is a small, clump-forming, evergreen perennial with arching tufts of dark green, white-margined leaves and small, dark brown-purple flowers borne on slender stems in early summer.
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0.25m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Carex morrowii 'Variegata' (Japanese sedge 'Variegata')
Other names: Variegated Japanese sedge, Carex morrowii 'Aurea-variegata', Carex morrowii 'Aureo-variegata', Morrow's sedge 'Variegata', Variegated Morrow's sedge
'Variegata' is a tufted, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial bearing linear, leathery, upright to arching, mid-green leaves with creamy-white margins and inconspicuous, pale brown flower spikelets in summer.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Curly wood sedge, Curly-styled wood sedge, Carex concoluta, Carex flaccidula, Gold star sedge, Curly-style star sedge, Stellate sedge, Star sedge
C. rosea is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with arching, linear, dark green leaves and widely-spaced, green flower spikelets in late spring and early summer.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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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 |
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1.2m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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