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| Category: Grass-like |
| Family: Cyperaceae (Sedges) |
| Origin: California (U.S.A.) |
| California Native (Plant List): Yes |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Green |
| Bloomtime: Spring |
| Height: 1 foot |
| Width: 1-2 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: < 0 °F |
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Carex harfordii 'Tunitas Creek' (Harford's Sedge) - A clumping fine-textured evergreen sedge growing 18 inches tall by as wide with very narrow grass-like green leaves that arch outward. Green flowers in tight globose clusters with long slenger bracts top slender stems near the top of the foliage in summer. Plant in full sun in a well-draining soils and irrigate regularly to occasionally. Should prive hardy to at least 15° F. A nice green native sedge with weeping foliage so nice spilling over walls or rocks, or in a large container. This plant was collected on private property near Tunitas Creek in San Mateo County and given to us as seed by the Grassman, John Greenlee. It was unidentified when we received it but we tentatively identified it as Carex harfordii based on its flowers and collection location, though the similar Carex subbracteata has also been identified growing near this same location. Tunitas Creek is a ~ 7 mile long stream that flows from its source on Kings Mountain at 1,860 feet in the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Pacific Ocean at Tunitas Beach in San Mateo County, California. Tunitas is a Spanish word meaning "little prickly pears".
The information about Carex harfordii 'Tunitas Creek' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
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