Carex haydenii Laos In our rock garden

In our rock garden

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

Perovskia 'Blue Jean Baby' provides a lovely Monet-like textural effect in the dry

with large

native to Japan's southern Ryukyu Islands

Carex haydenii Laos In our rock gardenI 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