outside Garden
Muskingum sedge (Carex muskingumensis), also called palm sedge, is native to all of the Midwest. It gets to about 2 feet tall and wide, preferring sun and medium to moist soil (clay is perfect). It can take some shade and also some standing water. The seed heads are quite ornamental, as is the winter foliage. You can see here that its leaves are wider, and there are cultivars like ‘Oehme’ that have variegated edges. And Long-beaked sedge.
And he cut in a bed of tall grass to soften the space and to distinguish the front walk from the driveway. In the garden on the right, he added bands of plantings that follow the lines of the dark paver bands. Clump paper birch trees (Betula papyrifera) in the back add wispy texture and light color against the dark siding, as well as winter interest. The next layer of plantings is a line of ‘Limelight’ panicled hydrangea trees (Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’) that adds structure, and in front of that, a mix of perennials and grasses for color and softness. These include ‘Autumn Joy’ stonecrop (Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’), White Drift roses (Rosa ‘Meizorland’), purple sage (Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’), ‘Autumn Frost’ hosta (Hosta ‘Autumn Frost’), golden Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘All Gold’) and lady’s mantle (Alchemilla mollis).
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