Sedges, rushes and grasses are helpful in garden design as blenders, backdrops and accent plants. The gardener can plant grasses to soften hardscape, to cover exposed cement, old stairs, and pipes.

Ornamental sedges made a lovely Midtown display at the Friends of Maclay Gardens 2022 Maclay Tour of Gardens. These sedges will beautify your landscape, not invade them Skip to main content ...

Sedges are grass-like plants that have stems that are generally ... It turns out that for beginners, sedges, grasses, and rushes can be notoriously confusing in the field, at least before ...

Sedges, rushes, and true grasses are often confused due to their long blades. They have in common that they are all monocots, which means their seeds produce a single cotyledon or seed leaf.

Given the choice between ‘Blond Ambition’ and ‘Purple Stipa,’ which would you choose? These are not the names of rock bands, but rather California native grasses that make your garden rock.

Grasses are the most economically important crop in modern times, providing building materials and fuel, as well as food for both humans and other animals. On Saturday at the Audubon Center & ...

Prairie Fire sedge (Carex testacea) is a lovely tufted evergreen plant with a big personality.Although they look similar, sedges aren’t the same as ornamental grasses. Here is a short rhyme to ...

Try Grasses, Sedges, Rushes: An Identification Guide, by Lauren Brown and Ted Elliman, if you want to join me in the quest. Sedges are different from grasses in a few ways.