Re: [SG] ornamental grasses, Carex

Bobbi,

You're welcome...glad it is of use.  Yes, C. eburnea's in this year's Plant
Delights, but no pix.  But, I know where to get it now.  I don't really
think C. siderostica looks more like Liriope than Hosta .  The leaf is
wider than Liriope and narrower than most Hosta, but the habit would be
more Hosta-like than Liriope-like, I think.  At least mine is, but it has
only been in the ground a year, so may change with time.

Heronswood is listing Carex muskingumensis 'Oehme'  -
http://www.heronswood.com/Z-7-Grasses/Grasses.html

and Collector's Nursery is, too at half the price!  I haven't ordered from
Collectors (featured them tho' in my series last year) but have chatted
with people who have and who have been to the nursery and raved...they do
have a list of plants to drool over...

http://www.teleport.com/~dianar/index.shtml

Found a few others, but they were either UK or Canada only or it was still
their '98 list up.

Only found one listing the species...and that was a '98 list :-(  Seems
several of the online nurseries are in the process of getting the '99 lists
up and just haven't made it yet.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 8:27 PM
>
> Hi Marge, Thanks for your neat post on carexes (and grasses). I'm saving
> it, so may be back in touch about it later.
>
> I bought my C. eburnea from Tony Avent (Plant Delights--a great nursery)
> and it is like a little fairy plant--very fragile and dainty looking.
> Don't know of any pix, but it looks like a clump of stiff bright green
> hairs--that thin. It is the only US native carex Tony sells, which is why
> I purchased it. (Haven't noticed whether he is still offering it in this
> year's catalog, but if not maybe I can divide it next year and send you a
> piece of it.) Alas, there are many native carexes, but they don't get
much
> respect in my experience.
>
> I think I must order C. muskingumensis (sp?), which Clyde recommended. I
> wonder who sells it. I'm also going to order some of the C. siderostica
> varieties offered by Naylor Creek, including the one you mentioned. Where
> IS Joe, by the way? Seems to me this species would resemble Liriope more
> than hostas but they sound nice nonetheless.
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
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