Japanese sedge ‘everest’

attractive mounds of rich green leaves with beautiful silvery-white variegated margin

← the plants
← grasses
Carex oshimensis ‘Everest’
aka Carex hachijoensis
  • evergreen sedge
  • dense tufted growth
  • narrow, arching, glossy foliage
  • dark green leaves with white margins
  • inconspicuous, brown flower spikelets
  • summer flowering

H 0.3m
S 0.4m

full sun
part shade

moist
well-drained

Info: A sport of Carex oshimensis ‘evergold’ found in Ireland

Notes: Purchased in winter sale at Tansley Garden centre November 2022 for the cascade rockery slope. Planted February 2023