Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Wet Shade Plants Pearl Pureheart

Pearl Pureheart

starting for us in late July

which is tucked under the leaves

starting for us in early August

A star in our trials

Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Wet Shade Plants Pearl PureheartCarex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' is a 2015 selection of the North American native sedge (Canada south to Northern Alabama) from German gardener George Uebelhart of Jelitto Seed. George had told me about a strain of ribbon sedge that he was growing that didn't fall apart after flowering like the typical species, but it wasn't until I visited his garden and saw the plant in person that I was sold. Carex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' forms a 10" tall x 18" wide