ornamental grasses, Carex

Hi Joe, welcome to the list. You mentioned ornamental grasses. I am trying
to learn more about these--which species/varieties do you have? Do some
ornamental grasses really grow in shade? (I gather your present front yard
is shady.) Do you by any chance also grow any Carex (sedges), which are
traditional shade plants?

I own a grand total of ONE sedge, Carex eburnea, and am starting to think
of myself as a sedge collector.

The new Naylor Creek catalog, which I was reading last night, offers some
very interesting looking sedges; there is one called Carex siderostica
with the varieties 'Island Brocade', 'Spring Snow', and 'Variegata',
common name Broad-leaf Sedge, described as "an appealing ground cover that
resembles a hosta". Jack, if you are there, tell us more about these
sedges. Do they like shade? Moist or dry? Do they really look like hostas?
If so, do they work as companion plants to hostas?

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