Carex hybrid 'Ice Dance'
Variegated Japanese Sedge
Cyperaceae
Ground covers, Ornamental grasses and grasslike plants
CAREXLarge group of grasslike, clumping plants found worldwide and grown for foliage effect in borders, rock gardens, containers, water gardens (flowers are generally insignificant); some are used as lawn substitutes, as large-scale ground covers, or for erosion control. Long, narrow evergreen leaves are often striped or oddly colored. Specialists offer many varieties. Although characteristically found in damp soils, many sedges will grow under relatively dry conditions in cultivation. Many are short lived in gardens so are used as annuals.
Carex hybrid 'Ice Dance'Grows 1 to 2 ft. high and spreads slowly. Dark green leaves edged in creamy white. Good edging or ground cover.
Chasmanthium latifolium
Broad, bamboo-like leaves make 2-ft. tall clump topped in midsummer by 2 to 5 ft. arching flowering st...
Polystichum acrostichoides
Native to eastern North America. To 1–1 1/2ft. tall, about 3 ft.wide. Most useful for shaded sit...
Brimeura amethystina
European native for rock gardens or naturalizing. In bulb and leaf, resembles small hyacinth, but 10-i...
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