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Carex oshimensis 'Everest Fiwhite'


Carex oshimensis 'Everest Fiwhite' (Carex oshimensis (Sedge))

Evergreen grass with white variegation. Tough, hardy, useful for lighting up semi-shaded areas.



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Are you already planting Karen or is it from last year?

28 Jan, 2013

 

I bet Karen's planting!

28 Jan, 2013

 

I can only get away with it because the soil here is so sandy! This is all in my new shade garden, and I was so desperate to garden today that I planted these in the rain!

28 Jan, 2013

amy
Amy
 

I love grasses they are so useful ......

28 Jan, 2013

 

Lovely one, goes a little ragged in our garden, I wish I could get out and plant, biut still far too wet.

28 Jan, 2013

 

Most of mine is too A. Will the rains ever cease? I feel like we are going to be living in a country of bogs and Midges!

29 Jan, 2013

 

I had a walk round my garden on Sunday after the rain cleared the snow......all I can say is what a dismal mess :o( I love this grass, added to my favs/list.

29 Jan, 2013

 

Oh, one of the three I bought is huge Annie, I'll send you a bit later on...when your Alstro is ready to dispatch!

29 Jan, 2013

 

Oh thank you xxxx

29 Jan, 2013

 

Lovely choice Karen :)

29 Jan, 2013

 

Thanks! This new shady garden is coming together now. I can't wait for spring!

29 Jan, 2013

 

You're not the only one :))

29 Jan, 2013

 

No your not..........I think we might have a reasonably dry day tomorrow, then it is back to rain again!!

29 Jan, 2013

 

we're all in it together gardening girlies! :)

29 Jan, 2013

 

I heard Monty say yesterday evening "what do we expect . . . it's JANUARY!" He was trying to encourage us gardeners to be patient, but we CAN'T WAIT :))

30 Jan, 2013

 

I saw that too! We still have February to get through, but yesterday I bought a packet of Cerinthe seeds out of sheer desperation! I will sow them in the conservatory and hopefully get them off to a good start. I also bought some young Digitalis plants to bring on in the greenhouse...it just gives me some hope that soon there will be spring...which is always my best time of year :)

30 Jan, 2013

 

Good for you Karen . . . lots of luck!

30 Jan, 2013

 

:) thanks!

31 Jan, 2013

 

Ooh, love this! Anything that makes a shady spot brighter and interesting is worth it's weight, and this will be......:))

1 Feb, 2013

 

Thanks! :) Janey, I also bought a Hakonechloea for this area. I've planted it right beside my turf seat. It's looking really dead, but hopefully it will come to life in the spring and be as lovely as your one in the pot!

2 Feb, 2013

 

Love Hakonechloea! And, inspired by you(!), I have just sown Eryngium, Linaria alpina and Anemone leveillii in the cold frame, as they are supposed to like a cold start . . . just needed to do SOMETHING :)

2 Feb, 2013

 

Fabulous Karen, I'm sure it will, mines like that too right now....:))

2 Feb, 2013

 

Yes,me too Sheila. I,ve sown mine, and they're in the conservatory, under cling film!

Thanks Janey! I also planted some of the Bowles' Golden Grass,which is almost evergreen as well. I can't believe I'm growing grasses now! For years I really wouldn't have entertained the idea....or ferns! But my tastes have changed.....they are such useful plants!

2 Feb, 2013

 

I know what you mean, I would like some taller ones this year, if my sister comes with me to the GC, she can't believe I would buy grasses, she always thinks they look like they should be pulled out, not planted...lol!

2 Feb, 2013

 

Grasses are terrific. My Stipa tenuissima still looks good, even after the snow :)

2 Feb, 2013

 

I think even your sister would think this evergreen one worth having Janey?

Sheila, I'm definitely a convert. My favourite is the lovely Carex 'prairie Fire' which really does look great all year around with the lovely bronze tips to the leaves.

3 Feb, 2013

 

I like the sound of that Carex Karen . . . I shall Google it. My own fave is Anemanthele lessoniana, a lovely bronze at the moment (though wish it was still called Stipa arundinacea!)

4 Feb, 2013

 

Ooooh, just looked that one up! Gorgeous!

4 Feb, 2013



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