Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape
Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster' ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape

Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster'

Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge

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Orders placed after December 17th will not be delivered until January 6th or after. Happy Holidays!
**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge is a fine upright evergreen grass with stiff copper-red to bronze foliage that arch slightly at the tips.  Sparse insignificant flowers rarely bloom.  Prefers full sun and moist well-drained soils.  

Type: 

Orn. Grass

Origins:

New Zealand

Height: 

1' - 1.5'

Spread: 

1’ - 3’

Spacing: 

2’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

7 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest: 

Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  It can be planted in near full sun if the soil is consistently moist but will have less color.  Cut foliage to the ground and remove it in late winter.  Mealybugs and aphids can be a problem in dense clumps, especially in hot summers.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Wildlife Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Native Gardens, Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Wild Columbine, Goldenstar, Prairie Smoke

IMAGES: Photo by jacki-dee, Tour 2/12 41, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Carex buchananii 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-120403-4187-Carex buchananii-habit-Kula-Maui (25020328742), CC BY 3.0 US, (4) Photo by Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster', (5) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-120613-9609-Carex buchananii-potted plants-Home Depot Nursery Kahului-Maui (25027206262), CC BY 3.0 US, (6) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr-120613-9611-Carex buchananii-stems-Home Depot Nursery Kahului-Maui (25119122576), CC BY 3.0 US

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster ~ Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge-ServeScape

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