Brighten shade gardens and porch containers with the luminous variegation and fine texture of this evergreen sedge. Carex is a low-growing perennial with long, ribbonlike foliage and a gracefully ...

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 family named ...

With all the recent snow and ice and the soggy, boggy conditions left behind, you can end up counting the casualties of plants that you thought were hardy but have turned up their toes after the ...

“Known as “New Zealand Hair Sedge,” the fine chocolate covered, graceful grass-like foliage on Carex Cappucchino is the perfect complement for perennials and shrubs with bold foliage. It is gracefully ...

A well-designed garden fits with the architecture and family needs of a home. The design should also complement the natural beauty found in the landscape beyond and the streets and sidewalks that ...

• Grasses don’t need to be separated into a designated “grass garden.” Place grasses among other perennials where they can be a border, a backdrop or a vertical element among other plants. Create a ...

Seed dispersal of the myrmecochorous Carex pilulifera (Cyperaceae) was studied in a wood land area in NE Zealand, Denmark. Nearly all seeds fell within a distance of 40 cm from the center of the ...

With all the recent snow and ice and the soggy, boggy conditions left behind, you can end up counting the casualties of plants that you thought were hardy but have turned up their toes after the ...