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Plant: Evergold - Carex Grass

Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'

$14.00

Size: 1 gal

Light

Part Shade

Bloom

SpringSummer

More about this plant

Evergold is an Oshima sedge with arching grass-like leaves that carry a broad cream-yellow center and dark green margins, in a clump about 1 to 1.5 feet tall and a foot wide that does not spread. It tolerates woodland shade and moist to wet soil but not drought, and works as a groundcover, accent or in containers.

  • Part Shade
  • Blooms in spring, summer
  • Hardy in USDA zones 5-9

Plant description

Evergold is an Oshima sedge with arching grass-like leaves that carry a broad cream-yellow center and dark green margins, in a clump about 1 to 1.5 feet tall and a foot wide that does not spread. It tolerates woodland shade and moist to wet soil but not drought, and works as a groundcover, accent or in containers.

Foliage
Grass-like sedge leaves, glossy and smooth, over 6 inches long and under an inch wide.
Native range
Japan (Oshima Island)

Plant details