Carex

摘要

With well over 1,000 varieties available, this durable plant gives landscapes many options,New series - From this issue Plant Focus will, in alternate weeks, highlight the potential of plants in a landscape/amenity or retail context. The popularity of Carexspecies as garden and landscape plants has increased with the growing use of ornamentalgrasses over the past decade. Yet as a genus of the Cyperaceae family, Carex bears only a superficial resemblance to true grasses Its species and cultivars are actually sedges, identified as such by their triangular, pith-filled stems as opposed to the round, hollow stems of grass species If in doubt, remember: sedges have edges