Can this grass stay out over winter?

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  1. BB3

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    I brought this in last year, but I'm wondering whether I needed to.
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    Looks very similar to one I have had for years - never found it needed any protection down here - just an annual "clean up".
     
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      That looks like Uncinia rubra, a sedge which is evergreen and hardy down to minus 5 C. If temperatures start to approach that level I’ll be moving mine into the garage @BB3.
       
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        They're not reliably hardy here where I am, although I've had one which revived after seeming to be completely dead, mainly because the following winters were mild enough, so we weren't getting that many night below minus 5 or 6. It's the wet then freezing that's the problem for them IME.
        I'd expect it would be fine outside where you are @BB3.
         
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