Carex comans 'Bronze Form'

Perennial, evergreen herbaceous plant, it forms a dense, elegant and arched tuft, with very thin bronze-brown foliage: the effect is that of a 'fountain'. Enhanced in pots, useful for adding a touch of color and structure to flowerbeds.

Carexes are particularly easy to grow. This perennial is adaptable to a wide variety of conditions, from sun to partial shade to shade. Being evergreen, it is interesting for creating movement and soul all year round in the garden, in borders as well as in pots and bowls, where it remains unchanged in every season.

Suitable as a garnish to other sun plants that love humidity, such as herbaceous hibiscus, mimulus, lysimachia, persicaria... and undergrowth plants, such as ferns, hellebores, epimedium, geranium, liriope, hosta.

The name 'Carex' derives from the Greek "kéiro" meaning 'I cut', referring to the thin margins of the leaves of this genus. 'Comans' comes from Latin and means 'with long hair'.

Classification

Common name: Sedge

Genus and species: Carex comans

Cultivar: 'Bronze Form'

Family: Cyperaceae.

Characteristics

Description of flowers: Small apical spikes, mixing with attractive foliage.

Flower color: Dark bronze.

Flowering period: Spring.

Leaves: Elastic, thin as hair, bronze-brown colour.

Dimensions: Height approximately 40 cm and width approximately 60 cm.

Cultivation

Exposure: Full sun, partial shade, shade.

Soil: Any, even poor, but without winter stagnation.

Irrigation: Likes regular watering if exposed to the sun, drought tolerant in the shade.

Frost resistance: USDA 7a

Care

Pruning: It does not require pruning, periodically remove the older basal leaves which are now soft and straw-coloured, which are naturally abandoned by the plant or those damaged by perennial snow or particularly intense frost. To renew it, it can be cut at the end of winter before vegetative growth at 10 cm from the ground, with scissors.

Propagation: It is propagated by dividing the tufts in spring.