Red Rooster Leatherleaf Sedge

Carex buchananii 'Red Rooster'

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.  

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