Carex morrowii 'Gilt'
Variegated Japanese Sedge, Sedge
The grasslike ornamental sedges offer a dizzying choice of colored stripes and textures, with over 1000 species and even more cultivars.
Carex siderosticha 'Variegata'
Broad-Leaf Sedge
This is a very bright and attractive spreading groundcover. Wide bright green leaves with distinct white stripes form slowly spreading clumps.
Carex
Family: Cyperaceae.
Carex brunnea "Variegata" (Carex elegantissima) Common name(s): Sedge ...
Carex albula
FROSTY CURL SEDGE
syn. Carex 'Frosty Curls'
Family: Cyperaceae
Pronounced: KAH-reks ...
Carex 'Milk Chocolate'
This was the PLANTS Issue 23 cover plant - a real addition to the range of 'dead' grasses.
Carex pensylvanica
Yellow Sedge
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Carex siderosticha 'Variegata' (Broad-leaf sedge)
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Carex phyllocephala
'Sparkler'
Sparkler Sedge
Description
Carex phyllocephala 'Sparkler' is a clump forming, evergreen sedge native to Japan and will thrive in moist rich soils.
Carex stricta
( Aurea Carex Sedge )
The cultivar, 'Aurea' is more commonly known as C. elata 'Aurea', see C. elata 'Aurea' for more information. This decidous, perennial, ornamental grass has a dense clump-forming growth habit.
Carex arenaria
Nombres relacionados: Cañavera (castellano), Cañeta (castellano), Cyperaceae (familia), Sand Sedge (inglés), Sandsegge (alemán), Zarzaparrilla alemana (castellano).
Carex 'Evergold'
Botanical name: Carex hachijoensis, Carex oshimensis `Evergold`.
Common names: 'Everbite', 'Variegata', 'Aureo variegata' and 'Old Gold'.
Carex Milk Chocolate = 'Milchoc'
also known as Carex comans 'Milk Chocolate' - New Zealand hairy sedge
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Carex kobomugi Ohwi
NATIVE RANGE: Coastal areas of northeastern Asia
DESCRIPTION: Asiatic sand sedge is a perennial member of the sedge family (Cyperaceae) adapted to coastal beaches and dunes and possibly the only Carex species found in upper beach ...
Carex archeri (a herb) - Scientific Committee determination
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Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Genus: Carex
Species: oshimensis
Cultivar: 'Evergold' ...
#779 Carex pendula
Common Names: drooping sedge, weeping sedge, pendulous sedge, great drooping sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (sedge Family)
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Cyperaceae / Sedges Plantainleaf Sedge (Carex plantaginea)
Plant Type: This is a herbaceous plant, it is a perennial and is an evergreen. Tufted. The flowering stem is triangular in cross section.
New Zealand Hair Sedge
Scientific Name: Carex comans
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Carex elata ‘Aurea'
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Carex morrowii, Carex oshimensis
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Divide plant in spring. Grow in good soil, sun to shade indoors; evenly moist to wet soil, but again well-draining soil, appreciated. Zone 7-9 ...
Carex flacca Grass, Blue Sedge
perennial, average care
created by chief cultivator
zones: 5a thru 9b ...
Carex Paniculata
Carex Paniculata - a very large Sedge, like a dwarf Tree Fern, with strong thick stems and masses of drooping leaves, forming dense tufts, 1 to 3 feet high; flowers in a large and spreading panicle.
Carex in Florida, mostly in the northern half of the state, growing in the water, in wetlands or on drylands (Wunderlin, 1998). Their identification can be difficult.
Carex spp.
(Sedges) Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Family Description: Sedge Key Characteristics: , , fused leaf sheaths.
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Carex conica 'Snowline'
also known as Ciconica 'Hime-kan-suge', 30 centi-metres, light shade, moist soil, Zone 5
C. elata 'Aurea'
80 centimetres, sun, moist to wet soil, Zone 5 ...
Carex dolichostachya 'Kaga nishiki' (Perennial Gold Fountain Sedge)
This selection of Carex dolichostachya var.
Carex elata 'Aurea ('Bowles' Golden Sedge) - Not a Hakonechloa macra, but similar appearance. Careful, this one will spread.
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Carex flacca
6-18"
Blue Sedge produces slow spreading clumps of fine blue foliage. Great as a groundcover plantor for growing in a container.
Carex arenaria (Linn.), the Sand Sedge, is a familiar seaside species of Sedge, which is very widely distributed and common on sandy coasts, growing on sand-dunes and elsewhere at high-water mark, amongst grasses and herbage, ...
Weeping Sedge (Carex pendula): Wide, weeping evergreen leaves form a wide, bright green mound 2 to 2 ½ feet tall. Grows best in part shade or shade in moist, rich soil. Reseeds moderately.
Invaginated " Sunken inwardly; used in connection with the achene in Carex. Involucel " A secondary involucre, such as that subtending an umbellet in the Apiaceae family. [Plate 8] Involucral " Pertaining to an involucre.
Generally the perianth is represented by hairs, bristles or similar developments, often indefinite in number; in the two largest genera, Cyperus, (fig. I) and Carex (fig. 2), the flowers are naked.
The name sedge is also used specifically for species of the genus Carex of the same family. Sedges differ from true grasses in having solid, angular (usually triangular) stems. Most are perennial, reproducing by rhizomes.
Some sedge family members have bisexual flowers, although many, including the large genus Carex, have male and female flowers grouped in separate spikes within the inflorescence of a single plant.
Mabberley's The Plant Book I find that only four genera contain more species: Carex 2,000, Euphorbia 2,000, Astragalus 1,750, Senecio 1,250. Various other genera also have plants for which the common name acacia is used now and then.
Some grasses such as Carex pendula or Stipa arundinacea seed themselves prolifically to the point of being invasive.
Aster sagittifolius drummondii, Carex pensylvanica, Caulophyllum thalictroides, Claytonia virginica, Eupatorium rugosum, Geranium maculatum, Helianthus strumosus, Polemonium reptans, Potentilla simplex, Prunella vulgaris lanceolata, ...
Androgynous - used for the inflorescence of Carex when a spike has both staminate and pistillate flowers - the pistillate flowers are normally at the base of the spike.
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I have seen an excellent recommendation that it be incorporated in "winter container gardening" with & Carex aureola which is a golden grass, to have a winter container almost as colorful as those prepared for spring & summer flowerings.
Creeping wild rye mingles with mixed sedges, including "Carex praegracilis" in Santa Cruz, California.
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For a north-facing window consider Aluminium Plant, with its silver-patterned foliage, or Artillery Plant with its tiny, closely packed leaves. Carex, which has grass-like leaves, ...
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 See also: Coreopsis, Tickseed, Echinacea, Echinacea purpurea, Sedge
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