Plant Solutions by Nigel Colborn

Author:Nigel Colborn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

Uncinia unciniata

New Zealand Hook Sedge Grass-like perennial

An understated but gently attractive sedge which forms slow-growing, tightly packed clumps of rhizomes from which narrow, leathery, rust-coloured leaves and stems grow. These hold their colour all year and in late summer are joined by dark brown flower spikes. Protect from extremes of frost.

Soil preference: Moist but free-draining

Aspect: Sun or part shade

Season of interest: Year round

Height and spread: 25cm × 30cm (10in × 1ft)

Companion plants: A fine plant to blend with contrasting, silvery foliage, as supplied by Salix lanata or S. helvetica. Also pretty with spring perennials such as Omphalodes verna or with such blue spring bulbs as Muscari armeniacum or Scilla sibirica.

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