Japanese Sedge, Eversheen Carex oshimensis 'Eversheen' Height: 16 inches Spread: 16 inches
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Hardiness Zone: 4b Group/Class: EverColor® Series Brand: Southern Living Description: A vigorous, mound forming evergreen plant with lustrous, creamy yellow and dark green striped foliage; makes quite a statement as a container plant, an accent in the border, or as a mass groundcover Ornamental Features Japanese Sedge, Eversheen is primarily valued in the garden for its cascading habit of growth. Its attractive grassy leaves are yellow in color with prominent dark green stripes and tinges of creamy white. The foliage often turns gold in fall. Landscape Attributes Japanese Sedge, Eversheen is an herbaceous evergreen perennial grass with a shapely form and gracefully arching stems. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It has no significant negative characteristics. Japanese Sedge, Eversheen is recommended for the following landscape applications; Planting & Growing Japanese Sedge, Eversheen will grow to be about 16 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 16 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round. This plant does best in partial shade to shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. To help this plant achive its best flowering performance, periodically apply a flower-boosting fertilizer from early spring through into the active growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in both summer and winter to conserve soil moisture and protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation. Japanese Sedge, Eversheen is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a canvas of foliage against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
