Carex trifida

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Price:  £6.00 Notify me when this item is available Family:  Cyperaceae Main Season:  All Year Flower Colour:  Brown Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Evergreen Position:  Light/Part Shade Soil Type:  Good, moist, humus-rich Height:  60cm to 90cm (2' to 3') Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H6 minimum -15C to -20C Pot Size:  1.4L Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

A larger clump forming sedge from New Zealand with grey backed rich green leaves curling over to make an attractive evergeen. Heavy looking brown flowers in summer to 80cm. Good soil in sun.

It would be easy to dismiss this as the New Zealand version of the UK native pendulous sedge, Carex pendula, but this is so much more refined.  The tight clumps produce an abundance of gracefully arching leaves with the grey-blue backs showing as the leaves change angle.  The upright flowering stems produce chunky flowers from May.

Best in a damp soil that doesn't dry out in sun or part shade.

New Zealand