Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge (Carex flagellifera 'Toffee Twist')
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Annual (usually grown as an annual near you) Clump-Forming, Arching in the Cyperaceae Family
Iridescent leaves offer an elegant sweeping, trailing habit. A coolseason grass. Perfect thriller adding height and drama to any container.
Carex flagellifera 'Toffee Twist' (Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge) is an ornamental sedge cultivar from New Zealand grown chiefly for its fine, arching, coppery-bronze foliage, which curls and trails in a graceful, fountain-like clump. Flowers are inconspicuous. It grows best in full sun to partial shade with average, consistently moist, well-drained soil. Reliably hardy only to about USDA zone 7a, it is grown as an annual accent -- especially in containers, where its trailing habit makes it a popular 'thriller' -- in the Chicago area, where winters are too cold for it to survive outdoors year after year.

Pros

  • Fine, trailing, coppery-bronze foliage with a graceful fountain-like habit
  • Deer resistant and low-maintenance
  • Excellent "thriller" accent for container combinations
  • Tolerates full sun to partial shade

Cons

  • Not reliably winter-hardy in the Chicago area (hardy only to about USDA zone 7a); grown here as an annual
  • Flowers are insignificant, grown purely for foliage
  • Prefers consistent moisture and resents prolonged drought
This plant is probably not winter-hardy outdoors where you live.
Highlights
  • Striking coppery-bronze, curling foliage unlike typical green sedges
  • A favorite "thriller" element for mixed container plantings
  • Deer resistant and easy to grow within a single season
 

Plant Data

Mature Size 18 - 24 inches tall. 18 - 24 inches wide.
Growth Rate Medium
Sun Exposure Partial Shade - Full Sun
Moisture Tolerance Medium
Zones 7a - 10b (Usually hardy to 0° F)
Tags Annual, Annual in Chicago, Container, Deer Resistant, Full Sun, Grasses, Grown as Annuals, Medium, Partial Shade, Partial Sun
Foliage Color
 

Plant Club Content

Commonly Planted with...

In containers, pairs well with trailing and mounding companions such as Calibrachoa, Lantana, Verbena, and Coleus (Plectranthus scutellarioides).

Photos of This with...

Toffee Twist Bronze Curly Sedge, Superbells Dreamsicle Calibrachoa, Flambe Yellow Strawflower, Graceful Grasses Purple Fountain Grass, Superbells Honeyberry Million Bells, Superbells Red Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Chiffon Calibrachoa, Superbells Yellow Calibrachoa, Ladybird Sunglow Texas Primrose, Chrysanthemum, Vermillionaire Firecracker Plant, Blackberry Ice Coral Bells, Dolce Wildberry Coralbells, Illusion Midnight Lace Sweet Potato, Sweet Caroline Raven Improved Sweet Potato, Sweet Caroline Red Hawk Sweet Potato Vine, Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red, Fiber Optic Grass, Live Wire Fiber Optic Grass, Safari Dawn South African Phlox, Luscious Marmalade Lantana, Dark Knight Sweet Alyssum, Supertunia Latte Petunia, Supertunia Really Red Petunia, ColorBlaze Dipt in Wine Coleus, ColorBlaze El Brighto Coleus, ColorBlaze Lime Time Coleus, ColorBlaze Newly Noir Coleus, Colorblaze Sedona Sunset Coleus, Superbena Royale Peachy Keen Verbena,
 
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2025 : 08/10 - 08/23
2024 : 05/01 - 05/04

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