Category / Carex / Sedges

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…

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,…

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…

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…