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Please note once despatched, your delivery may take 1-3 days due to the high volume with the couriers. Your plants will be fine during this time.
Full plant information & availability is shown online.
The nursery is now open to the public between 10am and 4pm. Please follow instructions on site, card payments only, no cash. Click and collect is also available.
THE CAFE & GARDENS ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Last updated 14/05/20 10:00.
CAREX
Commonly known as Sedge grass
Excellent as a foundation for planting schemes as there is a sedge for almost every site in the garden. The grass-like, airy flower spikes are an added attraction.
Vast genus of over 1,800 species of deciduous or evergreen, rhizomatous or tufted perennials. Plants of bog, moorland or damp woodland.
UK natives, C. pendula (Drooping sedge) and C. sylvatica (Wood sedge), where not translocated, are a marker of ancient woodland.
Further Reading....
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Deciduous
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Evergreen
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Ornamental grasses
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Additional Features - Pests & Diseases - - aphids occasionally infest stem bases. -
Place of origin - temperate and arctic zones.High altitudes in tropical regions. -
Soil Conditions - Fertile moist well-drained soil -
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Neutral to acid soil
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Neutral to alkaline soil
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Tolerates all - avoid extremes of wet or dry.
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Wet or boggy soil
Carex - Growing Guide
Grasses - Care Guide
Buy Varieties of CAREX
CAREX comans 'Frosted Curls' >
Commonly known as: New Zealand sedge grass.
Silver grey with curled leaves forming a graceful hummock
CAREX oshimensis 'Everest' >
Commonly known as: Sedge grass.
Deep green leaves with well-defined white margins
CAREX testacea >
Commonly known as: Sedge grass.
Pale olive-green leaves turning orange-brown where the surfaces receive full light
