Grasses, Sedges & Rushes
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Calamagrostis brachytricha Diamond grass, Feather reed grass
Arching foliage with gorgeous upright plumes
Arching foliage with gorgeous upright pale pink plumes September to November
Size: 4' x 2'
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil. Deer resistant.
Native: East AsiaCollected before 1856.
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Calamagrostis x acutiflora”Karl Forester” Feather reed grass
Completely, reliably erect grass - winner perennial plant of year award 2001.
Completely, reliably erect grass.
Size: 3-5' x 2'
Care: sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil. Cut back in late winter.
Awards: Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year 2001This is a natural cross of Calamagrostis epigeos and Calamagrostis arundinacea, natives of Asia and Europe. German nurseryman Karl Forester’s (1874-1970) keen eye spotted this in the Hamburg Botanic Garden. He listed this in his nursery catalog in 1939. Under Nazi domination he risked it all by keeping Jewish friends & workers. After WW II his nursery was the only perennial supplier in East Germany. This grass sent from Denmark to the US in 1964.
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Carex comosa Longhair sedge, Bristly sedge Z 4-10
Ornamental dangling bottle brush spikes from May to August
Ornamental dangling bottle brush spikes from May to August
Size: 2-4’ x 2’
Care: Sun to part shade in wet to moist soil
Native: all of sub-Arctic No. America except western intermountain states and provinces and except Alaska.
Wildlife Value: food for caterpillars of several butterflies. Seeds provide food for wetland birdsRhizomes stabilize shorelines while plants give ducks cover and the seeds provide food. Good rain garden plant.
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Carex davalliana Bath’s sedge, Davall’s sedge Z 4-8
Short hedge-hog like clump with white flowers
OUT OF STOCK
Short hedge-hog like clump with white flowers turning to bronzy spiked seedheads May-June. Best for rock, railroad or fairy gardens – anyplace for a miniature, clumping grass.
Size: 6” x 12”
Care: sun to light shade in moist soil
Native: wet places in Europe and western No. AmericaCollected before 1798 by Edmund Davall who botanized in Switzerland.