Sedge ColorGrass® Red Rooster (Carex buchananii ‘Red Rooster’)

Sedge ColorGrass® Red Rooster (Carex buchananii ‘Red Rooster’) is a distinctive ornamental sedge prized for its slender copper-red foliage, graceful fountain-like habit, and exceptional texture. This unique grass-like perennial brings warm colour and movement to containers, borders, rock gardens, and modern landscape designs throughout the growing season.

The narrow, arching leaves emerge in shades of bronze, cinnamon, and copper-red, developing richer tones as the season progresses. Unlike traditional green ornamental grasses, Red Rooster provides a striking architectural element that contrasts beautifully with flowering perennials, colourful annuals, and evergreen shrubs. Its fine texture softens hardscape features while adding year-round visual interest to garden compositions.

ColorGrass® Red Rooster forms a tidy, upright clump with gently cascading foliage that sways gracefully in the breeze. Its compact size makes it ideal for mixed containers, pathway edging, mass plantings, and accent positions where its unique foliage colour can be fully appreciated. The plant remains attractive throughout the season with very little maintenance.

In Alberta, Red Rooster is often used as a dramatic foliage accent in seasonal containers and landscape plantings, providing texture and colour from spring through fall.