Sedge 'Bowles Golden'

Latin Name: Carex elata 'Bowles Golden'

This sedge has spectacular bright gold-yellow foliage with thin green margins and is taller than most others; an excellent choice as a highlight plant for a shade or water garden; moisture loving and needs to be constantly wet or moist to thrive.

Bowles Golden Sedge's attractive grassy leaves emerge lime green in spring, turning yellow in color with prominent green stripes. The foliage often turns brown in fall. The tan seed heads are carried on plumes in late summer. The flowers are not ornamentally significant.

Height: 18 inches to 24 inches with Flowers Width: 18 inches Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade Zone: 4b