Carex
PAGE 1 2 3 ALL aka Sedge Carex Eversheen is a superb ground cover and container plant with distinctive lime yellow striped foliage. A wonderful little selection with a fresh appearance. It is easy to grow, low maintenance and forms a neat easily controlled mound. Eversheen is a great cold hardy accent plant for all year round arrangements. Perennial Carex Eversheen Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ? Container: 1.9l ? $24.99 Featherfalls is a highly decorative Carex with great garden or pot performance. With long clean and crisp foliage it is a year round maintenance free plant. A highlight of this new variety is its beautiful plumes of feathery flower stems emerging from the centre during spring. Evergreen Carex Featherfalls Current Stock Height: 15/25 cm ? Container: 1.9l ? $24.99 aka Tussock Grass NZ Native Grass. This is a graceful little grass or tussock with fine, light silver green needles of foliage that curl over at the top. Looks its best when planted in large groups or drifts. Easy to grow in sun or part shade in average soil. Evergreen.
Carex Frosted Curls Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ? Container: 1.5l ? $14.99 Carex Frosted Curls Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ? Container: 0.5l ? $9.99 aka Purei, Pukio Native wetland grass. A bright green grass that forms a large clump. With age, a trunk-like mass of old leaves forms so the grass seems perched on a tall mound. Good for planting in damp to wet areas but will tolerate short periods of dryness. Plant around ponds as shelter for birds. Evergreen
Carex Secta Current Stock Height: 40/50 cm ? Container: 0.5l ? $9.99 aka Tussock, NZ Sedge This native 'grass' is really tough and hardy tolerating cold winds and almost any soil. The brick-orange foliage looks very graceful as it waves and dances in the wind. Ideal for planting in large drifts. If the clumps become a little untidy just chop back hard for renewed vigour. Evergreen.
Carex Testacea Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ? Container: 1.5l ? $14.99 Carex Testacea Current Stock Height: 50/60 cm ? Container: 2.5l ? $26.99 NZ Native Grass that is a successful colonising plant often used for wetland planting that can also grow on dry sites making it suitable for planting where the conditions may vary periodically. Virgata is a mass of green needle foliage. Tolerant coastal condition. Evergreen. Carex Virgata Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ? Container: 0.5l ? WAS $9.99 LESS 50% aka Miniature Toetoe The perfect plant to add texture and movement to your planting scheme. The arching narrow foliage sways gracefully in the wind. Plumes of creamy green flowers appear in early summer. Hardy and tolerant, easy to grow just about anywhere but prefers a well drained position. Evergreen.
Chionochloa Flavicans Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ? Container: 1.3l ? $19.99 Chionochloa Flavicans This plant is in high demand and supply is limited this year. Add to your Waitlist for updates on next available stock. aka Red Tussock A very striking plant for adding strong texture to the garden. Particularly affective when planted in groups. The narrow arching foliage glows and shimmers in the sun & ripples elegantly in the wind. Attractive flower heads in summer. Hardy and tolerant. Evergreen. Chionochloa Rubra Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ? Container: 2.4l ? $24.99 Stock of this item is very low. aka Toe toe A large, fast-growing coarse green tussock. Versatile revegetation and erosion-control plant, and useful low shelter on wet and dry sites. Attractive creamy white flower heads to 2-3m from December-January. Great under pivots. Evergreen. Hardy. Cortaderia Richardii Current Stock Height: 60/70 ? Container: 2.5l ? $21.99
Mature Size (HxW): 40cm x 40cm
Mature Size (HxW): 45cm x 45cm
If your clump of Carex becomes a little scruffy give it a new 'do' by cutting off the top growth - you can be quite severe - and it will rapidly re grow with renewed vigour.
Mature Size (HxW): 40cm x 50cm
Evergreen
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 60cm x 50cm
Mature Size (HxW): 100cm x 100cm
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Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 1m x 1m
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size (HxW): 1m x 1m
Habit: Clump Forming
Mature Size 7-10 yrs (HxW): 2m x 2m
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