Carex radiata Halifax Borinda It must store enough food
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
It must store enough food to allow regrowth of new stems after being eaten by pipevine swallowtail butterfly larvae
yet they benefit from a few properly timed tidying-ups that are simple and quickly accomplished
Myosotis 'Southern Blues' is a 2001 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction that we first met in the late 1990s on a visit to the late garden writer Pam Harper's coastal Virginia garden
vigorous selection of the North American native woodland iris
purple-grey foliage of Canna 'Intrigue' makes one of the most stunning accent plants in the garden
Carex radiata Halifax Borinda It must store enough foodCarex radiata, aka Eastern star sedge, hails from much of the eastern part of North America from Canada south through Alabama, yet few gardeners have ever grown it. We first encountered Carex radiata on a plant hike in Halifax County, NC, where its texture was stunning along a native woodland trail. Our 2015 Plant Delights JLBG introduction are clonal plants from our collection. Carex radiata 'Halifax' forms a finely textured 8" tall semi evergreen