Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Wet Shade Plants Pearl Pureheart

Pearl Pureheart

Lychnis 'Orange Sherbet' makes a tidy 2' tall x 3' wide mound of light green foliage which is topped

The flower emerges from near the top of the stem like a yellow-orange torpedo

which is tucked under the leaves

Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Wet Shade Plants Pearl PureheartCarex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' is a 2015 selection of the North American native sedge (Canada south to Northern Alabama) from German gardener George Uebelhart of Jelitto Seed. George had told me about a strain of ribbon sedge that he was growing that didn't fall apart after flowering like the typical species, but it wasn't until I visited his garden and saw the plant in person that I was sold. Carex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' forms a 10" tall x 18" wide