These low-maintenance native plants boost biodiversity and are pretty on the eye. Sedges are grass-like plants belonging to the genus Carex—and there are so many reasons they make a great ...

Brighten shade gardens and porch containers with the luminous variegation and fine texture of this evergreen sedge.

The plants themselves are attractive, in a sort of sedge-y way, and I bet they would look good growing in a sunny bog garden, if given the chance. Answer: “Thicket sedge,” Carex abscondita.

Our Mystery sedge (Thicket sedge, Carex abscondita) is a species placed in the genus Carex, as it turns out, and which is by far the largest genus in the family, if you go by species number.There ...

Ornamental sedges made a lovely Midtown display at the Friends of Maclay Gardens 2022 Maclay Tour of Gardens. These sedges will beautify your landscape, not invade them Skip to main content ...

The plants themselves are attractive, in a sort of sedge-y way, and I bet they would look good growing in a sunny bog garden, if given the chance. ©JohnNelson2024.

It’s not a grass, and it’s not a sage. It’s a “sedge”. This particular species of Carex is common in the Southeast, showing off its rather pronounced yellow-green foliage.

These shade-tolerant plants not only provide an alternative to a traditional ... The sedges I’m recommending are Carex sedges. With over 600 species native to North America, including around 70 in ...

Sedge grass looks like, well, grass. Yet, when it appears in a real grass lawn, sedge can stick out like a black thumb. Here's why it grew and how to stop it.

It’s not a grass, and it’s not a sage. It’s a “sedge”. This week’s column is devoted to a certain plant family, and especially a certain genus within the family. This would be the ...