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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Carex uncifolia
Height: 0.15m;  Spread: 0.2m
Sedge & Rush-like
Small red grass with tidy and compact foliage. Prefers moist, well-drained soil. A species of damp seepages, open wetlands and damp turf within tussock grassland. Also abundant in damp sites overlying ultramafic rocks.
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