California Gardens - The Year Round Gardening Site

Plants Photos and Descriptions

Catalog

Stock Image Catalog

Organic Gardening Methods and Ideas

Garden Calendar

Book Reviews

Search our Site

Cook's Corner

Projects to improve your garden

Contacts

Links

 

 

Home Garden    Plant Lists    Perennial Plants List    Ornamental Grass    Silver and Gray Garden    Shade Garden    Full Sun Plants

Carex glauca * Blue Sedge

I keep Carex glauca contained, either directly by planting it in a pot or by surrounding it with dry space.  Blue sedge moves by stolons, not too far with each leap but quickly enough that I get concerned about keeping it in check.  I periodically dig around the edges of the clump much like you might edge a lawn.  Frost will kill off the top in the low 20's but it is hardy to -10.  I like to put Carex glauca in moister sections of a grey garden.  It stays low and can form a great groundcover between specimen plants.  The violet flowers in the background are Prunella laciniata

Carex glauca 

Custom Search

 

Home

Questions or comments about this web site
Copyright © 1999 California Gardens
Last modified: Friday, December 17, 2010