Carex oshimensis 'Ice Cream' PP21463

Also Known As

Ice Cream Striped Weeping Sedge
Japanese Sedge
Oshima Sedge

Plant type

perennial, grass / grass like

size

H: 8"-12"
W: 8"-12"

planting zones

5a-9b

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Carex oshimensis 'Ice Cream' PP21463 plant details

Carex oshimensis 'Ice Cream' PP21463 is an evergreen perennial grass (or grassy in appearance) with green, variegated and white foliage. In summer chocolate flowers emerge. Features grassy texture. Grows well with sun - shade and even moisture - regular water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Carex oshimensis 'Ice Cream' PP21463

Plant type: perennial grass (or grassy in appearance)
Plant family: cyperaceae
Foliage: evergreen green, variegated and white
Mature size: 8 IN - 12 IN - wide, 8 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: chocolate blooms in summer

GROWING CONDITIONS for Carex oshimensis 'Ice Cream' PP21463

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

'Ice Cream' is a sport of the unendingly useful garden classic 'Evergold'. Whereas 'Evergold' sports gold and green striped foliage 'Ice Cream' offers rich green and creamy-white mounds of thin sedgey foliage. The narrow foliage arches into attractive evergreen hummocks and can be used in a the border, near a water feature, in mass plantings, and in pots and planters! Though recommended for average to moist sites I have found it to be quite drought tolerant in shaded areas.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Each softly arching deep-green grass blade has a creamy white stripe down the center forming a bright, eye-catching spherical mop-head mound to only 1' high; great edger or water feature accent. S-PSh/M-W PP21463