Re: mystery carex
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] mystery carex
- From: R* D*
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 12:24:17 -0500
Sounds like an interesting Carex !
Anybody have a Latin dictionary handy? I'm wondering what plantaginea
means, since there's a hosta with that species name also.
Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Diana Reeck wrote:
> It may have been Carex plantaginea, leaves almost an inch wide with very
> defined veins, and a puckery texture, native to the east coast somewhere.
> It is evergreen, and a real good shade tolerant plant.
>
> Does that sound like the one?