Carex testacea

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Price:  £4.50 Notify me when this item is available Brand:  The Plantsman's Preference Family:  Cyperaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  Brown Leaf Colour:  Multicoloured Foliage:  Evergreen Position:  Sun Soil Type:  Good, moist, humus-rich Height:  30cm to 45cm (12" to 18") Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H6 minimum -15C to -20C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

A colourful sedge from New Zealand making neat clumps to 30cm. Olive green strongly tinted with bright orange especially overwinter. Evergreen. Best in good (even damp) soil in sun.

Carex testacea is one of the brightest of the New Zealand sedges and the orange tints can be used to highlight neighbouring plants with similar tones - it works especially well with Tuipa 'Ballerina' for instance.

Best grown in a good, rich soil that doesn't dry out, Carex testacea can be used as a marginal or bog garden plant but also works well in a container.

New Zealand