Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Zantedeschia The 8" tall stems of

The 8" tall stems of the slowly offsetting Trillium oostingii are cinnamon red toward the bottom and green above and topped in early April (NC) with nicely glaucous green mottled leaves and chartreuse yellow petals that are burgundy toward the base

Sarcococca 'Western Hills' is an introduction from California's legendary Western Hills nursery

Palm nut Kiril Donov noticed these 40-year-old windmill palm trees growing in Plovdiv

adorned with thumb-shaped blue-grey leaves that point downward

Although we've seen hardiness reports of Zone 5

Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Zantedeschia The 8" tall stems 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