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ZONE EXPOSURE MATURE SIZE
Scientific Name TIME OF PLANT A-3
Common Name 1 2 3 D or E NATIVE Sun Partial Shade Height Width BLOOM CHARACTERISTICS

EMERGENTS (SEDGES, RUSHES, AND BULRUSHES) Plant
List
Fine-textured, tufted 1/16"-
Carex comans To 18" wide, hair-like silvery leaves,
'Frosted Curls'
Peggy Campbell New Zealand hair sedge 1 2 3 E 12" to 18" Spreading almost cylindrical leaves;
shimmers iridescent in the
breeze; illusion of falling water

King County Native Carex obnupta 1 2 E 12" to 36" Spreading April - May Shiny foliage; excellent soil
To 48"
binder; can spread rapidly
Slough sedge

Deep green variegated creamy
Carex oshimensis Late Spring or white band on foliage that
Peggy Campbell Variegated Japanese sedge 2 3 E 12" to 24" 24" to 36" Early Summer turns to yellow; great accent
'Evergold'
plant; good for edges and
borders

Mounding form; orange-brown/
Snohomish County Orange New Zealand sedge 1 2 3 E 12" to 15" Spreading Early Summer summer; more intensive orange
Carex testacea
To 15"
bronze color in spring and
in winter

Wikipedia Commons Juncus acuminatus 1 E 6" to 18" 12" - 24" Spring to A delicate rush with purple to
reddish brown flowers in an
Summer
Spreading
Taper-tipped rush
open array of clusters

Flattened stems like an iris;
King County Native Dagger-leaf rush 1 E 6" to 15" Spreading Summer and rounded like pom-poms;
Juncus ensifolius
6" to 9"
dark brown flowers small
yellow-orange fall color

Juncus patens 18" to 24" Spiky, blue-green grass-like
'Elk Blue'
callutheran.edu Spreading rush 1 2 E 12" to 24" Spreading May - August foliage; other cultivars readily
available

Wikipedia Commons Juncus tenuis 1 2 E 6" to 20" 6" to 30" September Soft, bright green foliage and
May -
delicate flowers
Slender rush