Carex haydenii Beschorneria where it can be found

where it can be found near rivers and streams growing in moist cracks among limestone boulders

The 3' tall stalks are adorned with up to eight downward-facing flowers

The chartreuse-yellow leaves have an unusual central pattern of green that takes up 80% of the leaf area and the green is then overlain with a white frosting

just north of San Antonio

Hosta 'Queen of the Sea' made everyone at the 1997 American Hosta Society Convention drool with envy as it took Best in Show honors

Carex haydenii Beschorneria where it can be foundI 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