Carex secta broadleaf evergreen flowers are yellow in star-shaped

flowers are yellow in star-shaped clusters appearing in late winter and early spring

Let soil dry between waterings

Florida and along the Pacific West Coast

named at Cistus

golden spines

Carex secta broadleaf evergreen flowers are yellow in star-shapedA large distinctive evergreen grass as it builds a trunk of which can raise the living tussock to 3 ft above ground giving the whole plant a height of 5 feet. Leaves are bright green with attractive bronze tones and 24" long, deeply grooved and strongly keeled. Will grow in wet ground as in its native habitat in New Zealand. Blooms mid spring thru midsummer. Sun to part shade, cold hardy to USDA zone 7.