Uncinia 'Everflame' (Red Hook Sedge) – Evergreen Red Ornamental Grass (2L Pot)

Striking evergreen ornamental grass with fiery red foliage, adding bold colour, texture and movement to borders, containers and contemporary planting schemes.

Uncinia 'Everflame', often called red hook sedge, is a compact evergreen ornamental grass prized for its vivid copper-red to crimson foliage that provides colour throughout the year. The slender, arching leaves create a soft fountain-like shape that moves beautifully in the breeze, bringing texture and contrast to mixed plantings. Its rich tones intensify in cooler weather, making it particularly valuable for autumn and winter displays. Reaching approximately 30 to 40cm tall with a similar spread, it forms a tidy clump ideal for patio containers, gravel gardens, borders and modern landscape designs.

It is not reliably hardy in Britain, so give it a sheltered spot and protect it from hard frost; it often does not survive a cold, wet winter and is best treated as a container and seasonal foliage plant rather than a permanent border grass. It will not take full sun on poor, dry soil, so keep the soil lightly moist. Remove old or damaged foliage in spring to encourage fresh growth.

Supplied as a strong, well-established plant in a 17cm (2L) pot, professionally grown in peat-free compost at our UK nursery in Yorkshire.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Everflame sedge, red hook sedge
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 30 to 40cm x 30 to 40cm
• Growth Habit: Clump-forming, arching
• Perfect For: Patio containers, borders, gravel gardens, contemporary planting, colour contrast
• Foliage: Evergreen, slender, copper-red to deep crimson
• Flowering Time: Insignificant; grown for foliage
• Planting Position: Full sun or partial shade, sheltered
• Soil Type: Moist but well-drained
• Hardiness: Not reliably hardy; shelter and frost protection needed
• Maintenance: Low
• Seasonal Interest: Year round, strongest in cooler months
• Type: Evergreen perennial sedge, short lived