Carex Comans

This NZ native grass has light bronze/brown needle like foliage with a drooping habit. Hardy as anything and happily grows just about anywhere. Especially good for bank and retaining plantings. Evergreen.

Carex look particularly good in large drifts where they can swish and sway in the breeze. When old foliage look a little untidy just 'comb' through with a garden scratcher or small fork to remove.

Habit: Clump forming
Height: 30cm

Carex Comans Red

Native. A lovely soft bronze- red grass with fine tufts of arching foliage. Grows in a wide range of conditions including coastal. Comans means "like a luxuriant head of hair" hence the common name of 'Hair Sedge'. Looks its best in large drifts. Evergreen.

Habit: Clump forming
Height: 30cm x 20cm

Carex Frosted Curls

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.

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.

Habit: Clump forming
Height: 40cm x 50cm

Carex Secta

Native Grass. A handsome bright green grass that forms into a large clump. Older plants develop a trunk-like mass of old leaves so the grass seems perched on a tall mound - looks very striking. Good for planting in damp to very wet places. Will also tolerate short periods of dryness. Plant around ponds as shelter for birds. Evergreen.

Habit: Clump forming
Height: 1mx1m

Carex Tenuiculmis

Native tussock grass with an attractive densely tufted fine bronze foliage. This grass does best in full sun and will grow in quite swampy conditions. Useful for special effects in landscaping when mass planted. Brown flower heads in summer. Evergreen.

Habit: Clump forming
Height: 60cm x 40cm

Carex Testacea

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.

Habit: Clump forming
Height: 60cm x 50cm

Libertia Peregrinans

A native perennial with narrow spears of bronze green foliage that turns orange-brown in winter. Wiry stems of dainty white 'butterfly' flowers appear in spring and summer. Prefers a semi-shaded position and acid soil. Evergreen.

Habit: Clump forming
Height: 75cm

Uncinia Rubra

Height: 40 x 40cm