Genus: Carex

I haven't come across this Carex - it's great!

I bought one yesterday, planted it this morning, lovely grass..

I'ave got one or two of these also Max although I didn't know that they grow so wide (only got mine late last year) although true be told if mine get as big as yours I will be one very happy camper indeed! Hel.xxx.

I have three books on grasses and none of them recommends cutting it back. So I reckon, leave it, unless anyone who has this grass knows different?

Carex pendula is a British native - grew wild in the boggier parts of the woods when I lived in Essex. And yes, it is dramatic! It's a good plant - maybe you can get it from a place that supplies wild flowers?

I've been looking in my grasses book but no luck yet with a black-leaved one. There's one called C.nigra which has dark flowers, or there's Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' which is really black! The one I want to find is Carex pendula - grows to 3' but has long drooping flowers up to 4 ft.6" high! Sounds so dramatic! Yes, there is an 'Evergold'.

I love the carex grasses, I have a few in my garden that have grown well all through winter I think they are called evergold? I thought I would plant some of the black leaved carex, do you know their name?

carex i love all grass i move them about my garden regular i lift them any time of the year i have just planted two round my pond at home and plan to plant some in a gravel bed round my wildlife pond in my allotment