Botanical Name: Carex tereticaulis
Common Names: Rush Sedge,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Grasses, Strappy & Tufting Clumping, Tufting
Description:
Popular native sedge with a clumping upright habit and distinctive yellow and green coloured grass-like foliage. Spring and Summer flowers are brown and appear on spikes above the foliage. Grows approx. 60-100cm tall x 60-100cm wide and is drought and salt-spray tolerant. Widely used in domestic and commercial landscapes.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
60cm-1m 60cm-1m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Clay, Loam
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Costal Garden, Foliage Feature / Colour, Mass Planting, Rockery, Wetlands
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Plant Care
None
Family Name: Origin:
Cyperaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green, Yellow
Flower Colour: Brown
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: High
Wind: High
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