Mt. Cuba Center Trial Garden Sam Hoadley Carex Sedges

Mt. Cuba: Sedges should be welcome addition to gardens

Betsy PriceCulture, Headlines

Mt. Cuba Center’s latest plant research report offers home gardeners some options for turf grass-like plants that can be moved and work well in full shade or full sun. A five-year study of Carex plants, also known as sedges, found that many of the 70 tested were remarkably resilient. “Some of the biggest surprises were just the adaptability of these …