My garden faces north in the UK. Recently, I embarked on a new landscaping project, and incorporating this resilient plant has truly illuminated a previously dim area, complementing ferns and heucheras beautifully.
I am in 7a. I have various EverColor carex Varieties in 4-6 hours of morning sun-early afternoon. They are at bottom of a slope along a rain garden. They stay moist but not wet. They are huge and beautiful.
I planted my first ever Carex Everillo this summer as under plantings underneath my old Lilac tree. You had featured it in an earlier video and I thought I would give it a try - I love it for its shapes and especially the bright color it brings to the garden area. Thanks Jim and Stephany for all your valuable information. Love meeting Holly's friends :)
Great plant. Love the pop of color in the garden. I planted my first everillo carex in August (8a) to brighten an area along the side of our porch. This area does get some evening sun. It looked fantastic next to vinca!! And everything else 😄
Thanks to Horttube, I learned about Carex. This fall I finally planted a few, the beautiful 'Feather Falls' variety. I love the bright green and clean white. Am thinking of using quite a few Carex in an east-facing front bed that now contains mostly reblooming daylilies. I want to take the curse off so much mundane daylily foliage. The plants' own blooms do that from spring to fall, but then they get so ragged and ratty in the fall! I think 'Feather Falls' is the ticket for in front of and among them; because of the yellowing daylily foliage, I am avoiding yellow hues there!
I’m so happy to hear you championing these “grasses”. I’ve got slopes and shade that now have Everillo waterfalls. The deer nip occasionally but they recover very well. This year I’ve had to give most of them a good trim because of winter damage. Normally, they just go about their business being pretty 🌸🐝
6b here, growing this along the shadier edge of a woods fronting a mix of hellebores and ferns, with daffs interplanted. Nice contrasts. I am trying carex pensylvanica in the woods itself and carex appalachia in my wooded ravine. Carex appalachia is lovely in bloom as it has very delicate flowers -- I fell in love with it when I saw a tray of plugs in bloom at a native plant nursery. There seems to be a carex for practically every situation and great ones for shade, especially if you are plagued by deer as we are and can't depend on hostas.
Hi Rooney, hi Hank--welcome to Horttube! Hi to Holly, too! ❤ Jim, Just curious--what grass-like family is Carex? Is it related to one of my fav aquatic plants, Sweet Flag/Acorus (Iris family)? Perhaps Liriope (don't know the family)? Thank you. 😊
Well, I’m some 7b, and I planted a bunch of these in the fall and the crazy flash freeze in December totally caused the tops to die back COMPLETELY. In fact, I’m not so sure they’re even alive. How will I tell if they’re alive? When can I expect new growth to show up?
Rabbits indeed mow them down to nubs when newly planted. I’ve had this happen several times. Once they mature it’s not really an issue. Deer don’t touch them. I have a ton of rabbits and deer.
A mnemonic rhyme from botany class:
Sedges have edges,
Rushes are round,
Grasses have nodes right down to the ground.
I use carex throughout my garden. Great texture! Tough plant!
My garden faces north in the UK. Recently, I embarked on a new landscaping project, and incorporating this resilient plant has truly illuminated a previously dim area, complementing ferns and heucheras beautifully.
I am in 7a. I have various EverColor carex Varieties in 4-6 hours of morning sun-early afternoon. They are at bottom of a slope along a rain garden. They stay moist but not wet. They are huge and beautiful.
I planted my first ever Carex Everillo this summer as under plantings underneath my old Lilac tree. You had featured it in an earlier video and I thought I would give it a try - I love it for its shapes and especially the bright color it brings to the garden area. Thanks Jim and Stephany for all your valuable information. Love meeting Holly's friends :)
Love seeing the dogs In Your videos 🥰
Great plant. Love the pop of color in the garden. I planted my first everillo carex in August (8a) to brighten an area along the side of our porch. This area does get some evening sun. It looked fantastic next to vinca!! And everything else 😄
Thanks to Horttube, I learned about Carex. This fall I finally planted a few, the beautiful 'Feather Falls' variety. I love the bright green and clean white. Am thinking of using quite a few Carex in an east-facing front bed that now contains mostly reblooming daylilies. I want to take the curse off so much mundane daylily foliage. The plants' own blooms do that from spring to fall, but then they get so ragged and ratty in the fall! I think 'Feather Falls' is the ticket for in front of and among them; because of the yellowing daylily foliage, I am avoiding yellow hues there!
I purchased the variegated carex over the summer. It grew wide in the container so I was able to split it into three more plants. They are super easy.
I stayed all the way through just to see Hank and Rooney 😂. I already grow everillo and works really well in zone 8a
I’m so happy to hear you championing these “grasses”. I’ve got slopes and shade that now have Everillo waterfalls. The deer nip occasionally but they recover very well. This year I’ve had to give most of them a good trim because of winter damage. Normally, they just go about their business being pretty 🌸🐝
6b here, growing this along the shadier edge of a woods fronting a mix of hellebores and ferns, with daffs interplanted. Nice contrasts. I am trying carex pensylvanica in the woods itself and carex appalachia in my wooded ravine. Carex appalachia is lovely in bloom as it has very delicate flowers -- I fell in love with it when I saw a tray of plugs in bloom at a native plant nursery. There seems to be a carex for practically every situation and great ones for shade, especially if you are plagued by deer as we are and can't depend on hostas.
Any Carex for full sun or a suggestion with a similar color, tight, droopy habit (that doesn't spread/seed aggressively)?
Thanks Jim. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄❄️💚🙃
Here in 5b not having great luck with this one. Early May and I'm not seeing a sign of flushing out for the season.
Hi Rooney, hi Hank--welcome to Horttube! Hi to Holly, too! ❤
Jim,
Just curious--what grass-like family is Carex? Is it related to one of my fav aquatic plants, Sweet Flag/Acorus (Iris family)? Perhaps Liriope (don't know the family)?
Thank you. 😊
Hi to Griffin (spelling?), too. 😊
_Acorus_ are flowering plants that may look like _Carex_ Totally unrelated.
Well, I’m some 7b, and I planted a bunch of these in the fall and the crazy flash freeze in December totally caused the tops to die back COMPLETELY. In fact, I’m not so sure they’re even alive.
How will I tell if they’re alive? When can I expect new growth to show up?
This is one of my favorites too
Rabbits indeed mow them down to nubs when newly planted. I’ve had this happen several times. Once they mature it’s not really an issue. Deer don’t touch them. I have a ton of rabbits and deer.
What is the difference between a Carex and a Sedge? I love Carex and plant 3 and they are thriving (9b) part sun/shade.
_Carex_ is the genus (scientific) name. "Sedge" is the common name that might include other types of plants. All Carex are sedges.
How big do they get
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