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Sedge EverColor Everest

* Common name: Sedge EverColor Everest

Credti: David Wilson/Garden Splendor Plants

Credit: David Wilson/Garden Splendor Plants

* Botanical name: Carex oshimensis ‘Carfit01’

* What it is: An evergreen grassy plant with arching white and green striped foliage. Holds its bright color and form all winter.

* Size: 18 inches tall and wide.

* Where to use: Ideal around water gardens or in any shady to partly shady setting, especially ones with damp soil. Makes a good edging plant. Along creek banks is another good spot. And Everest works well as a textural plant in a flower pot. May brown around the edges in a full sun. Can make cats sick if they eat foliage.

* Care: Foliage is evergreen, so just snip off older or browning blades as needed, especially at winter’s end. Scatter balanced granular fertilizer around the base each spring. Fertilize monthly in a pot. Clumps can be dug, divided and expanded in early spring. Not an aggressive spreader.

* Great partner: Large-leafed hosta or coralbells are good perennial partners. Hydrangea is a good flowering shrub partner.


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