Carex haydenii Greece This unusual Bob Solberg hybrid

This unusual Bob Solberg hybrid carries the contorted leaf tradition of Hosta 'Praying Hands' to a new extreme

usually white edged in a ring of rosy red

adorned from March into May (NC) with amazingly intricate 2" wide

with 6" tall spikes ending in a cluster of cerise-coral flowers

Carex haydenii Greece This unusual Bob Solberg hybridI cannot begin to tell you how impressed we are with Carex haydenii a native sedge from Canada south to Missouri. This amazing sedge forms a 3' tall x 5' wide elegant clump that rivals any mid sized ornamental grass we've grown for form and sheer elegance. The flower spikes, which aren't particularly memorable, top the clump for us in late spring. A rich well irrigated to moist soil is best, and short term flooding isn't a problem. As is the case with