Carex buchanii is an attractive brown evergreen grass. Growing to around 2′ in height this ornamental grass is ideal for containers and pots and also for planting in grass beds and for giving contrast alongside broadleaved plants.
The foliage is unusual brown in colour and is retained all year. Maintenance is very low, trim back if needed, remove old flower stems as they pass apart from that theres not much else to do.
I think this ornamental grass works best in a container, the foliage is fine and attractive to the touch, I don’t think it works well as a mass-planting, the shape of the grass doesn’t lead itself to en-masse planting. For other attractive ornamental grasses see here
Gareth Austin is a Community focused Horticulturist based in Derry-Londonderry and voice of Gardening on the Mark Patterson Show on BBC Radio Foyle. Gareth specialises in Community horticulture, offering a wide range of events, programmes and acitivity on engaging people in the exciting world of Horticulture. Gareth lectures in Horticulture in the North West Regional College and offers school horticulture programs through the Western Education + Library Board. Gareth is passionate about changing land-use to a more positive use, urban food production and showcasing the flora of county Derry through the City of Horti-Culture programme of events.
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