Carex testacea
at Digging Dog

Orange New Zealand Sedge

Carex

Sedge

A diverse genus comprised of nearly 1000 species, most Carex originate in the moist habitats of temperate climates. Our graceful selections are easy to grow and promise to soften those hard edges in your garden.

Carex testacea   

The exotic look of lucent orange foliage paints the garden’s verdant canvas nearly year round. Long, fine textured strands first emerge an olive-green and later transmute stunning golden brown, copper and orange highlights. With its upright and dense arching tuft, easy-to-grow Carex testacea is a hardy, drought tolerant grass that entices gardeners, but not deer, insisting on full sun to preserve the extraordinary hues, and good drainage.

Let this evergreen New Zealand native spill over a container’s edge or cozy up to Yucca ‘Garland’s Gold’, Heuchera ‘Obsidian’ and Euphorbia myrsinites.

Size: 18"–2' high x 18" wide; hardy to zone 6.

Carex testacea (G-0495)
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Other selections in this genus

• Carex albula ‘Frosted Curls’
• Carex divulsa
• Carex dolichostachya ‘Kaga Nishiki’
• Carex elata ‘Aurea’
• Carex elata ‘Knightshayes’
• Carex flacca (glauca)
• Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’
• Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge’
• Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’
• Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’
• Carex oshimensis ‘Gold Strike’
• Carex tenuiculmis