Carex haydenii Laos an amazing combination

an amazing combination

terminating in a cluster of large

In our rock garden

that are pale pink in bud

the foliage is just topped with stocky flower heads composed of dark burgundy bracts

Carex haydenii Laos an amazing combinationI cannot begin to tell you how impressed we are with Carex haydenii a native sedge from Canada south to Missouri. This amazing sedge forms a 3' tall x 5' wide elegant clump that rivals any mid sized ornamental grass we've grown for form and sheer elegance. The flower spikes, which aren't particularly memorable, top the clump for us in late spring. A rich well irrigated to moist soil is best, and short term flooding isn't a problem. As is the case with