Category / Carex / Sedges

With seed heads resembling the medieval spiked clubs, Carex grayi (Mace Sedge) is a very distinctive ornamental grass that adds long-lasting interest to the garden. With seed heads resembling the medieval spiked…

Carex laxiculmis (Spreading Sedge) is a small evergreen sedge forming dense, rounded mounds of narrow, arching, blue-green leaves to 12 in. long (30 cm). In late spring to early summer, it bears…

Carex lupulina (Hop Sedge) is a robust perennial sedge forming a loose tuft of flowering culms and leaves. It produces ascending to widely spreading, recurved, light green leaves, up to 24 in.…

Carex lurida (Shallow Sedge) is a vigorous clump-forming sedge forming a tuft of basal leaves and one or more stiff culms up to 36 in. long (90 cm). Each culm features arching,…

Prized for its intense blue foliage, Carex flacca ‘Blue Zinger’ (Blue Sedge) is a robust, evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial sedge forming a slowly spreading clump of attractive, grass-like, glaucous-blue leaves. In late…

Prized for its soft blue foliage, Carex flacca (Blue Sedge) is a beautiful sedge forming a slowly spreading clump of narrow, arching leaves, blue-green above, and glaucous blue beneath. In early summer,…

Striking when well sited, Carex flagellifera is a very distinctive ornamental grass that maintains a golden-brown color throughout the growing season. Its long, grasslike leaves, in various shades of brown curl gracefully…

Brightening up the shade garden, Carex ‘Ice Dance’ is a semi-evergreen Japanese Sedge forming a low, slow-spreading tufted mound of narrow, arching, shiny, dark green leaves adorned with bright white edges. In…

Carex appalachica (Appalachian Sedge) is a low-growing, clump-forming perennial sedge forming a dense tuft of fine-textured, grass-like arching leaves, 12-18 in. long (30-45 cm). The weeping foliage moves nicely in the wind…

A very popular Sedge, Carex buchananii (Leatherleaf Sedge) is a tufted perennial grass with an evergreen foliage of narrow, copper-bronze leaves. Erect when young, the grass-like leaves tend gradually to arch over…

One of the most striking New Zealand Hairy Sedge, Carex comans ‘Frosted Curls’ is a very distinctive ornamental grass with pale silvery green grasslike leaves that curl gracefully towards the ground, delicately…

Carex comans Bronze-Leaved is a delightful New Zealand Hairy Sedge forming a low, cascading mound of narrowly linear, reddish-brown leaves, with inconspicuous brown flower spikes in late summer. Carex comans Bronze-Leaved is…

Carex comosa (Bristly Sedge) is a vigorous clump-forming sedge forming a large tuft of leaves and flowering culms. It produces arching, lustrous lime green leaves, up to 18 in. long (45 cm),…

Striking in appearance, Carex crinita (Fringed Sedge) is a robust evergreen sedge forming dense clumps of leafy culms, up to 3 ft. tall (90 cm), clad with strap-shaped, shiny bright green leaves,…

One of the most striking golden Sedge, award-winning Carex elata ‘Aurea’ or Bowles’ Golden Sedge is a very distinctive ornamental grass with shimmering yellow blades and with fine green edges that curl…