Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Taccarum expect a 4' clump of

expect a 4' clump of shiny medium green leaves

which it does in midsummer when the white spathe and spadix are held just below the foliage

From Kent Kelly's marvelous breeding program comes one of the most incredible flowering cannas that we have ever seen

Harper's Beauty forms tight 5" tall tufts of narrow

axillary flowers in April (NC)

Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Taccarum expect a 4' clump ofCarex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' is a 2015 selection of the North American native sedge (Canada south to Northern Alabama) from German gardener George Uebelhart of Jelitto Seed. George had told me about a strain of ribbon sedge that he was growing that didn't fall apart after flowering like the typical species, but it wasn't until I visited his garden and saw the plant in person that I was sold. Carex plantaginea 'Blue Ridge' forms a 10" tall x 18" wide