Leatherleaf sedge

Carex buchananii

Leatherleaf sedge - Carex buchananii

Common Name: Leatherleaf sedge
Genus: Carex
Species: buchananii

Category: Grasses & Bamboos

Height: 0.75 m (75 cm)
Spread: 0.90 m (90 cm)


  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: moisture retentive soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: July to September
  • Flower colour: brown
  • Other features: evergreen coppery-brown leaves
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    The coppery-brown leaves of this evergreen grass look strangely like hair. An extremely versatile plant - can be grown as a specimen and in containers. We've even seen it planted in a chic urban windowbox with Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigresens'. Brown flower spikes in mid - and late summer.

  • Garden care: Comb through the plant in winter to remove dead foliage


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