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Re: [SG] monkey grass, liriope

     Cindy:

        Here in zone 7 most of the carex varieties are very slow to come up
     in the spring.  For the most part, I do not cut them back as I do
     other ornamental grasses .... only if they have sustained severe
     winter damage.

        While all of my hostas are completely unfurled and on the verge of
     attaining full summer color, my carex are just now beginning to put up
     new growth (although they "bloomed" in late February/early March).

        Take heart and give them a few more weeks .....

     Sandie Markland
     Lorton, Virginia
     Zone 7


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Subject: Re: [SG] monkey grass, liriope
Author:  PRIMROSES <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> at internet
Date:    5/3/98 10:53 PM


In a message dated 98-05-02 17:52:06 EDT, Clyde wrote:

<< For us in zone 5 and lower zones, I recommend the carexes if you want a
 variegated grass-like plant. They do well here in open shade.
 Thankagain,
  >>

Hi Clyde,

I seem to have lost both carexes I planted at the end of last summer.  C.
conica 'Himekansuge' and C. hachijoensis 'Evergold'.  I bought them from a
local nursery so I assumed they are at least zone 5 plants, it not zone 4 in a
protected spot.  I planted them in slight depressions on a small, sandy slope
under oaks, and mulched them with some leaves and wood chips...it's what I
have already on that slope.  I tried to keep that area watered well going into
the winter.   So my question is, do you think they didn't make it because they
still didn't get as much moisture as they need?  I didn't think our mild
winter did them in....but maybe.  (Or is there still hope that they are just
slow to come up in the spring???)

I had such great hopes for them   :-(   so I have to try them 2 more times,
right???

Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
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