Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Pleopeltis Good drainage in both the

Good drainage in both the summer and winter are the keys to success with the Queen Victoria century plant

which emerges green and ages to a lovely wine color

Taxus cuspidata 'Low Boy' is a long term favorite in our gardens

Each rosette in the patch is adorned with small three-petaled flesh-colored flowers that are hidden at the leaf axils

'Dress Blues'

Carex plantaginea Blue Ridge Pleopeltis Good drainage in both theCarex 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