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Toffee Twist Sedge

Carex flagellata 'Toffee Twist'

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Toffee Twist Sedge (Carex flagellata 'Toffee Twist') at Fernwood Garden Center

Toffee Twist Sedge

Toffee Twist Sedge

(Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder)

Toffee Twist Sedge (Carex flagellata 'Toffee Twist') at Fernwood Garden Center

Toffee Twist Sedge

Toffee Twist Sedge

(Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder)

Height:  24 inches

Spread:  24 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  6b

Other Names:  Copper Sedge, Rush

Description:

Grown for delicate ornamental copper colored foliage carried all season long; great in a moist border in part shade or sun, does not like to dry out

Ornamental Features

Toffee Twist Sedge is primarily valued in the garden for its cascading habit of growth. Its attractive grassy leaves are coppery-bronze in color. The foliage often turns tan in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Toffee Twist Sedge is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a shapely form and gracefully arching stems. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Toffee Twist Sedge is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover
  • Naturalizing And Woodland Gardens
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Toffee Twist Sedge will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 7 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Toffee Twist Sedge is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It can be used either as 'filler' or as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, depending on the height and form of the other plants used in the container planting. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight
Characteristics
Massing  Edging  Garden  Groundcover  Naturalizing  Container 
Applications
Foliage Color  Texture  Plant Form 
Ornamental Features
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