Carex Frosted Curls

Common name:
Carex 'Frosted Curls'

Description:
Carex 'Frosted Curls' is an elegant, fine-textured ornamental sedge that forms soft, cascading mounds of silvery-green foliage with a distinctive curling habit at the tips. This evergreen grass-like plant is prized for its movement and form, offering year-round interest in garden beds, borders, and containers. Its foliage shimmers in the light, making it a beautiful choice for contrast planting or softening hard landscape edges. Thriving in part shade to full sun, it performs well in Melbourne’s climate and tolerates a range of conditions, including coastal exposure and light frost. 'Frosted Curls' prefers moist, well-drained soil but is drought-tolerant once established. Although it produces small flower spikes in late spring to summer, it’s primarily grown for its ornamental foliage. Ideal for mass planting, understorey planting, rockeries, and modern landscapes, this variety brings a graceful and contemporary feel with minimal maintenance.

Form:
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature size:
Height: 30–40cm
Width: 40–60cm

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer
(Inconspicuous and not ornamental)

Flower colour:
Pale Green
(Not a main feature)

Key attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Low Maintenance
Coastal Tolerant
Drought Tolerant (once established)
Evergreen in mild climates
Great for Mass Planting
Ideal for Borders and Edging
Soft, Cascading Texture
Frost Tolerant (light frost)

Toxicity:
Non-toxic to humans and pets

Companion plants:
Liriope ‘Evergreen Giant’
Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’
Ophiopogon japonicus
Salvia ‘So Cool Pale Blue’
Dianella ‘Silver Streak’