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Carex platyphylla
Sedge, Blue Satin Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
If you want a clumping evergreen plant for shade that has a bold countenance and blue-green leaves and you don't want Hosta, then here's your answer. Blue Satin Sedge is a wonderful sedge (resembles grass) with smooth, pointed, powder blue leaves 1 inch wide by 12 inches long. Grown for its gorgeous foliage (flowers insignificant), it is a fairly slowly expanding clumper for shade and good soil. Imagine it with the shiny greens of Asarum, or the maroon of Purple Alumroot, or the glaucous blue of Dicentra 'King of Hearts'. It grows naturally in rich woods of the east where it is fairly rare. Clip off old leaves in the spring when new growth emerges. Cat# 1331

Carex platyphylla, Sedge, Blue Satin
Available: 2009 or later
$10.00 each in quart pots
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X Native Plant Good Fragrance Butterfly Plant
Hummingbird Plant Good Fall Color Berries & Fruits
X Deer resistant
Ease of Culture
Easy X Not Too Hard Difficult or Tricky
Evergreen
X Yes Semi No
Plant Type
Wildflower Shrub X Grass or grass-like
X Perennial Tree X Ground cover
Fern Vine
Light Exposure
Full sun Mostly sunny Half and half
X Full shade X Mostly shady
Soil Condition
Sandy X Organic
Clay X Average
Moisture Tolerance
Dry Wet
X Moist X Moderate
Height
X 12" or less
24" to 36"
X 12" to 24" 36" or taller
Color
White/whitish Pink Blue
Yellows Rose Green
Orange, coral Violet Brown
Peach, salmon Lavender Mauve
Red, scarlet Purple Tan
Bloom Time
Early spring X Early summer Early fall
Mid spring Mid summer Mid fall
Late spring Late summer Late fall

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