CAREX buchananii

leatherleaf sedge

CAREX buchananii

leatherleaf sedge

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, comb the leaves with your fingers to eliminate the dry grass. Every 3-4 years, at the end of winter, cut down all of the grass to rejuvenate.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : New Zealand
  • Use group : Bamboo and Grass
  • Height at 10 years : 0,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 0,2 m
  • Growth : Slow
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : bush, spreading
  • Colour of leaves : Bronze, copper
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Rockery
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Light and graceful grass plant, erect, especially young. Superb, associated with grey leaved plants and lively coloured flowers. Francis Buchanan, a Scottish doctor who was ennobled to Lord Hamilton, and was a specialist in the flora of Nepal and India before 1830.