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'Bowles Golden' Sedge (Carex)

PERENNIAL - Proven Selections®
  • Dazzling Gold Foliage,
  • Loves Moist Soil,
  • Taller Variety
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Size: PS - Quart Pot
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Description

(Sedge) Carex 'Bowles Golden' really stands out in the garden, with its dazzling bright gold foliage and narrow green margins. The attractive arching habit and luminous foliage color makes 'Bowles Golden' sedge a great companion plant for Heucheras or Hostas in contrasting colors. 'Bowles Golden' grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, prefers a half day of direct sunlight, and is deer resistant. Hardy for zones 5 to 8. Use as a border, edging, container planting, or as a focal point in your landscape. This variety thrives in consistently moist, rich soil, and can also be grown in shallow water at the edge of a garden pond.

More Details

Name: Carex elata 'Bowles Golden'
Common Name: Sedge
Sunlight: Part Shade (4-6 hrs.)
Critter Resistance: Deer
Max Height: 2 - 3 Feet
Max Spread: 2 - 3 Feet
Water Requirements: Average Water Needs, High Water Needs
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6, 7, 8
Attributes: Evergreen
Design Use: Border, Ground Cover, Massing, Specimen, Waters Edge or Bog, Ornamental Grass & Sedge

Gardener Tips

For general how to grow tips for 'Bowles Golden' Sedge (Carex) and how to care for your perennials. View Garden Crossings How to care for Perennials page. Interested in growing tips for other plants we sell. Browse our Plant Care Tips.

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Pam |.Z.5.
Electric Color

Bowles Golden is an outstanding grass that is not invasive and perfect near a patio. I planted 7 in Zone 5 to mass near our new stone patio 3 years ago and they are the perfect complement to the hydrangea and June hostas nearby. The color is electric and the form very graceful.

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