Carex flagellifera

Dense tussocks of warm brown foliage tinged pink or green. Splendid planted with asters.  40cm high and 90cm across.  Any reasonable soil in sun, not too dry. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex flagellifera ‘Rapunzel’

We don’t really believe this is a form of C. flagellifera but the RHS Plantfinder says it is and we can’t think where else to put it!  Very fine, chocolate brown leaves with curly tips and extended flower stems to almost 1m long, trailing on the floor.  Up to 20cm high. Looks like a fine C. comans bronze.  (9cmSQ)

£3.50

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Carex glauca

Broad blue-grey leaves are nearly evergreen in average to moist soil in light shade. Insignificant flowers in spring to 30cm.  Confusion over the correct name but it is a lovely plant! (1LSR)

£4.00

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Carex granularis

From N. America this makes compact patches of blue-grey, broad foliage. Flower stems to 50cm in early summer, foliage to 20cm. Often evergreen, good soil in sun or shade. (9cmSQ)

£3.50

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Carex ‘Grayassina’

A new form with a rather dodgy name! This has fine greyish brown foliage and small heads of brown flowers on very long trailing stems.  Average to good soil in sun. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’

Creamy margined foliage with a spreading habit. Excellent groundcover for part shade and worth growing in containers in the shade. 30cm. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex morrowii var. temnolepis ‘Silk Tassel’

Very fine, white variegated foliage on this newly introduced, clump forming cultivar. Light shade to sahde. 20cm high, 45cm across. We have grown an identical plant for a few years under the name C. umbrosa ssp. sabynensis ‘Thinny Thin’. All I can say at present is that ‘Silk Tassel’ dates back to 1976 when Barry Yinger introduced it to the USA from Japan. (9cmR)

£3.00

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Carex morrowii ‘Variegata’

Green leaves are narrowly edged greyish white, 30cm. (9cmSQ).

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Carex muskingumensis

Palm Sedge. Upright culms with many raqdially arranged leaves ofmid-green. Clustered, ovoid, brown spikes on stems to 60cm. Many sterile stems. Good soil in part shade is best. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex muskingumensis ‘Ice Fountains’

A clear white stripe up the centre of each leaf in spring and early summer. The leaves fade to pale green later. Not as upright as some forms. 45cm. (9cmSQ)

£3.50

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Carex muskingumensis ‘Little Midge’

An American selection growing to only about 25cm. This is not just dwarf, but rather, is miniature in all its parts. Very smart and tidy.  (1LSQ)

£4.00

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Carex nigra ‘On-line’

A variable creamy yellow variegation lifts the grey-green foliage on this form of the native Black Sedge.  Creeping tufts to 30cm high, but it never seems to make too much of itself. Good to moist sioil in sun or light shade. (9cmSQ) .

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Carex normalis

A rare North American species related to C muskingumensis producing clumps of upright stems with bright green leaves arranged like a palm.  Flower spikes are clusters of rounded spikelets up to 50cm although it grows much taller in its native habitat. Moist soil in sun. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex obnupta

Loose, architectural clumps of stiff, arching, deep green foliage. Upright stems arch at the tops, bearing showy blackish flowers in early summer. Good soil in sun. 70cm. (1LSQ)

£4.00

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Carex pallescens ‘Breckland Frost’

Our introduction. Stunning cream leaves have very fine pale green stripes, forms a neat clump to about 20cm. For neutral to acid soil, out of direct sunlight. Ideal in a pot.  Semi-evergreen.  (9cmSQ)

£5.00

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Carex panicea

Carnation Sedge. Glaucous leaves on a shortly creeping plant make an attractive alternative for a damp site. Black and pale yellow flowers to 30cm. One on the better bluish species. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex pendula ‘Cool Jazz’

A recent introduction this form has green leaves with cream, silver and pale yellow stripes.  Not spectacular but a good subtle variegation.  Usual flowers on stems to 1.5m. Shade. (1LSR)

£4.50

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Carex plantaginea

Plantain Sedge. Broad, lush green leaves with red bases and black flowers. Creamy white pollen contrasts well. For any not too dry place, to 40cm.  (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex praegracilis

A north American native sedge from moist soils.  Neat, low clumps of very fine deep green foliage and insignificant brown flowers. 20cm. (9cmSQ) 

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Carex projecta

A useful sedge for semi-evergreen clumps of upright stems of palm-like growth to 45cm.  Most stems don’t produce flowers giving a fresh green effect through the summer.  Reasonable soil in sun or light shade.  From the USA. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex secta coll. Dunedin, low altitude

Tightly clump forming this form is olive green and of an upright arching habit. Some bronze tints to the leaf tips.  Average to wet soil in sun or light shade.  Evergreen to 1m.  (1LSR)

£3.50

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Carex siderosticha ‘Kisokaido’

A recent introduction from Japan, this makes a low clump of broad, rich green leaves which emerge white in spring and often have white stripes/streaks during the summer.  Semi-evergreen, good soil in shade.  20cm. (7cmSQ) 

£3.00

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Carex texensis

Bright green mat forming sedge. Produces masses of equally bright green, dainty, flowers on delicate stems to 25cm in spring. A good edger for shady borders. Average soil. (9cmSQ)

£3.00

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Carex trifida ‘Chatham Blue’

Not your typical New Zealand species this has evergreen clumps of greyish green, broad leaves and sends up stems with thick spikes of rich brown in summer. Good, moist soil in sun. Excellent. (1.4LSR)

£4.00

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Carex umbrosa ssp. sabynensis ‘Thinny Thin’

See Carex morrowii var. temnolepis ‘Silk Tassel’

Cortaderia richardii

Not your typical "Pampas grass", this makes large tussocks of olive green foliage and archings plumes of golden-cream flowers in July, held through winter.  Well drained soil, sun. 3m. (1.4L pots) Added March 2008.

£5.00

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