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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
Carex morrowii 'Silk Tassel'
Silk Tassel Japanese Sedge
Item #: 1197
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Everyone who sees this clumping carex can't leave without it. From a 1970s Barry Yinger expedition to Japan comes this hard-to-find but easy-to-grow selection of Carex morrowii temnolepis v. temnolepis. The 2' wide clump of wispy, thread-like, deer-resistant foliage is striped white-and-green...giving it a silver sheen in the garden. Imagine a 70-year-old with a mop-top cut that hasn't been introduced to hair color and you get the picture. Carex 'Silk Tassel' is great in the woodland garden...either in a mass planting or as a specimen near the garden pond...an absolutely outstanding Japanese sedge!
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Other Attributes
Genus: Carex
Flower Color: Brown/Tan
Leaf Color: Green , Variegated , White/Cream
Bloom Time: Spring
Container Role: Fillers
Garden Themes: Living Wall , Rock Garden Plants , White Garden
Other: Butterfly Attracting Plants , Deer Resistant Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Dry Shade Plants , Groundcovers , Pollinator Plants , Ornamental Seed or Fruit , Plant Delights Introductions , Plants from Japan , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Wet Shade Plants , Colored Foliage , Patterned Foliage