| Description | Carex Bronco (Carex comans) is an interesting bronze colored plant with a mounded weeping growth habit. |
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| Pronunciation | (KAIR-ex)(KOH-manz) |
| Plant Type | Grass Ornamental, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 7 |
| Sunlight | full to partial sun |
| Moisture | average, moist to wet |
| Soil & Site | average to moist, well drained |
| Temperature | for me they have tolerated cool temperatures at least into the lower 40's F, if not more |
| Flowers | inconspicuous among the foliage |
| Leaves | linear bronze to brown, forming a weeping mound of foliage |
| Dimensions | 8-12 inches tall, spreads 12 plus inches, draping mound |
| Maintenance | almost none |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Native Site | The species plant Carex comans (Bronze New Zealand Hair Sedge) is native to New Zealand. |
| Author's Notes | I have found this a very easy plant to grow. Because of its bronze foliage color people always ask if it is dead. To their surprise I said no. In zone #5 it will last very late into the fall and early winter. |
| Notes & Reference | #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (John Greenlee) |
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