Upright-stemmed long, narrow grasslike leaves, striped lengthwise with white and green. Herbaceous perennial. Moisture tolerant. Deciduous. Can be invasive.
Eventual size: 60 cm to 1 m
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Carex pendula is a vigorous rhizomatous perennial forming large clumps of dark green, linear, pleated leaves, with tall stems bearing several slender, drooping flower spikes. Moist, poorly-drained soil.
Eventual size: 1 tot 1.5m
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Compact perennial grass with arching bluegreen linear leaves and pink to redbrown flower plumes in late summer. All soils. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70 cm
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D. cespitosa is an evergreen grass forming a neat tussock of narrow, leathery, dark green leaves to 60cm long, with feathery panicles of silvery-purple flowers on arching stems in summer. Moist but well-drained soil. Hardy.
Eventual size: 1.5 to 2 m
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Very showy grass that is exceptionally floriferous. Fountains of gray green foliage and whitish inflorescences. Arching rose-pink seed heads. All soils but not too dry. Reasonably hardy.
Eventual size: 70-100 cm
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‘Golden Toupee’ is a compact, mound-forming deciduous grass with needle-like leaves that are bright yellow in spring, later becoming grey-green. Evergreen. Attract butterflies.
Well drained soil.
Eventual size: 20 cm
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