C. ornithopoda takes it’s name from the unusual habit of the flower spikes which look like bird’s claws. The foliage is neatly ribbed and light green in color. The flower spikes are russet in color. This quite small evergreen, perennial, […]

C. nudata is native along wet sandy or rocky streamsides. Densely tufted, forming tussocks of fine green leaves. Arching flower spikes, to 2 feet tall, open to black flowers on late winter or early spring.The Sedge family (Cyperaceae) is as […]

C. nigra puts forth green leaves and deep eggplant-brown to dark russet flower spikes. This quite small evergreen, perennial, ornamental grass has a dense clump-forming growth habit.The Sedge family is quite large, including more than 1,500 species, both evergreen and […]

The cultivar ‘muskingumensis’ is a tufted evergreen or semi-evergreen with 30 inch bright green leaves on erect stems. It produces 1 inch flowers spikes in May and July. Sedges are wind-pollinated, with flower-heads almost always in spikelets. C. muskingumensis bears […]

The cultivar, ‘Old Gold’ are mounded, clumping plants with green and gold striped grass-like foliage. Archlike foliage. C. morrowii makes an excellent ground cover. Plant is drought tolerant once established. Spring fertilization is recommended. Can be mowed in spring. Will […]

‘Variegata’, has droopy, graceful white and green striped grass-like foliage. Mounds attractively. Excellent when used as ground cover or en masse. This cultivar bears streaks of silvery green on it’s glossy green leaves and flower spikes in green and tan.

‘Silk Tassel’ has very narrow, 1/8 inch wide, leaves, forming a fountain of shimmering, fine-textured foliage. Leaves are white at center with dark green margins. The Sedge family (Cyperaceae) is as widespread as the grass family, but are especially common […]

C. morrowii produces spikes of green and brown flowers on stems to 18 inches long. This evergreen perennial is clump forming with broad mid-green shiny leaves. The Sedge family as widespread as the grass family, but are especially common in […]

The cultivar, ‘Fisher’ puts forth glossy, green leaves streaked in ivory and flower spikes in green and brown. This evergreen, perennial, ornamental grass has a dense clump-forming growth habit. C. morrowii produces spikes of green and brown flowers on stems […]

C. lupulina is a member of the Sedge family (Cyperaceae) and is as widespread as the grass family, but are especially common in wet or moist habitats in temperate and subarctic zones. The stems of sedges are solidly filled with […]