Carex Flagellifera: Favorite Plants
This ginger-brown perennial grass is a winner.
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Sedge, Carex flagellifera, features upright, arching clumps of wiry foliage that is gingery-brown in color. This perennial grass grows well in full sun and dry to moist soil. It grows just over 3 feet tall and spreads almost as wide. Plant alone as accents to low creepers, or in multiples for a contemporary-looking groundcover.
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