2021-2022 Hoffman Nursery Catalog of Grasses

CAREX
Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’
EVERGOLD SEDGE
A popular sedge and excellent low ground cover
with brilliant yellow variegation. A bright accent
for containers, shade gardens, walkways
and for softening hardscapes. Keeps its color
year-round in mild climates. Best in shade-part
shade, but it is durable and adaptable; takes
sun in cool climates. Can tolerate drought once
established. Likes well-drained soil.
Cool season, green-yellow variegated, 1’, part shadeshade,
dry-moist, flowers early spring, Zones 6-8,
Origin: Japan
Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’
Carex pensylvanica
PENNSYLVANIA SEDGE
Our most popular native sedge, it makes a
fine lawn alternative and ground cover. Has
low-growing, bright green, narrow foliage that
spreads slowly by rhizomes; most effective
when planted in masses. Useful in woodland
gardens or shady areas; however, it can take
some sun if given sufficient moisture. Semi-evergreen
and drought tolerant once established.
Found in meadows or forest floors from Maine
to Alabama and into the Dakotas.
Carex pensylvanica
Cool season, green, 6”-12”, part shade-shade (some
sun with moist soil), dry-moist, flowers late spring,
Zones 4-8, Origin: Eastern North America
Carex plantaginea
SEERSUCKER SEDGE
One of our most beautiful native sedges, with
wide, dimpled, green leaves. Showy flowering
spikes rise above the foliage; will reseed to form
colonies. Thrives in moist, high-organic soil in
shady areas. Found from Minnesota east to
New England and down the Appalachians to
Georgia in rich, moist forests, on slopes along
streams or the edges of moist depressions, and
southward in mountain gorges.
Cool season, green, 8”, 10” with blooms, part
shade-shade, average-moist, flowers early spring,
Zones 3-8, Origin: Eastern North America
Carex plantaginea
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