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Every Carex variety, A to Z
The complete Carex list, the genus most gardeners know as sedge — all 104 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Carex hub instead.
A3
- Appalachian SedgeCarex appalachica
- Aurea Bowles' Golden SedgeCarex elata 'Aurea'
- Australian Fox SedgeCarex flagellifera
B11
- Banana Boat SedgeCarex siderosticta 'Banana Boat'
- Beatlemania SedgeCarex caryophyllea 'Beatlemania'
- Bird's-foot SedgeCarex ornithopoda
- Blue SedgeCarex flacca
- Blue Wood SedgeCarex flaccosperma
- Blue Zinger SedgeCarex flacca 'Blue Zinger'
- Bottlebrush SedgeCarex lurida
- Bowles' Golden SedgeCarex elata 'Bowles Golden'
- Broadleaf SedgeCarex platyphylla
- Brome-Like SedgeCarex bromoides
- Bronze New Zealand Hair SedgeCarex comans 'Bronzina'
C12
- California Meadow SedgeCarex pansa
- Carex SparklerCarex phyllocephala 'Sparkler'
- Carex The BeatlesCarex x hybrida 'The Beatles'
- Cherokee SedgeCarex cherokeensis
- Clustered Field SedgeCarex praegracilis
- Common Yellow SedgeCarex demissa
- Comosa SedgeCarex comosa
- Copper SedgeCarex testacea
- Copper Shouldered Oval SedgeCarex bicknellii
- Creek SedgeCarex amphibola
- Creeping SedgeCarex laxiculmis 'Hobb'
- Creeping SedgeCarex laxiculmis
D1
- Dense SedgeCarex densa
E9
- Eastern Star SedgeCarex radiata
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- European wood sedgeCarex divulsa
- Everest SedgeCarex oshimensis 'EverColor 'Everest''
- Everest SedgeCarex oshimensis 'Everest'
- Evergold Japanese SedgeCarex oshimensis 'Evergold'
- Evergold SedgeCarex oshimensis 'Et Crx01'
- Everillo SedgeCarex oshimensis 'Everillo'
- Everoro SedgeCarex elongata 'Everoro'
F7
- Feather Falls Carex Feather Falls SedgeCarex oshimensis 'Feather Falls'
- Fingered SedgeCarex digitata
- Firefox SedgeCarex flaccosperma 'Firefox'
- Foothill SedgeCarex tumulicola
- Fox SedgeCarex vulpinoidea
- Fringed SedgeCarex crinita
- Frosted Curls New Zealand SedgeCarex comans 'Frosted Curls'
G5
- Gold Fountains SedgeCarex dolichostachya 'Kaga Nishiki'
- Gold Fountains SedgeCarex dolichostachya
- Goldband SedgeCarex morrowii 'Goldband'
- Gray SedgeCarex grayi
- Greater Tussock-SedgeCarex paniculata
H2
- Hime sedgeCarex conica 'Hime'
- Hobb Bunny Blue SedgeCarex laxiculmis 'Hobb Bunny Blue Sedge'
I2
- Ice Dance Japanese SedgeCarex morrowii 'Ice Dance'
- Ivory SedgeCarex eburnea
J4
- James's SedgeCarex jamesii
- Japanese SedgeCarex morrowii
- Japanese sedgeCarex oshimensis
- Japanese Sedge VariegataCarex morrowii 'Variegata'
L3
- Leatherleaf SedgeCarex buchananii
- Lemon Zest Creeping Broad-leaf SedgeCarex siderosticta 'Lemon Zest'
- Little Midge SedgeCarex muskingumensis 'Little Midge'
M1
- Mountain SedgeCarex montana
N1
- New Zealand Hair SedgeCarex comans
O1
- Oehme Palm SedgeCarex muskingumensis 'Oehme'
P4
- Palm SedgeCarex muskingumensis
- Palm SedgeCarex phyllocephala
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Pennsylvania SedgeCarex pensylvanica
R6
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Red Hook SedgeCarex punicea 'Firedance'
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Retrorse SedgeCarex retrorsa
- Ribbon Falls Japanese SedgeCarex morrowii 'Ribbon Falls'
- Rosy SedgeCarex rosea
S16
- SedgeCarex conica
- Seersucker SedgeCarex plantaginea
- Shima-nishiki Variegated Broadleaf SedgeCarex siderosticta 'Shima-nishiki'
- Short's SedgeCarex shortiana
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Showy SedgeCarex spectabilis
- Siderosticta sedgeCarex siderosticta
- Silk Tassel CarexCarex lanceolata 'Silk Tassel'
- Silver Scepter SedgeCarex x hybrida 'Silver Scepter'
- Snow Cap SedgeCarex siderosticta 'Snow Cap'
- Spark Plug SedgeCarex phyllocephala 'Spark Plug'
- Sprengel's SedgeCarex sprengelii
- Spring SedgeCarex praecox
- Spring Snow CarexCarex siderosticta 'Spring Snow'
- Squarrose SedgeCarex squarrosa
- Swamp SedgeCarex secta
T5
- Tall SedgeCarex appressa
- Texas SedgeCarex texensis
- Treasure Island SedgeCarex siderosticta 'Treasure Island'
- Tufted SedgeCarex elata
- Tussock SedgeCarex stricta
V4
- Variegata Variegated Broadleaf SedgeCarex siderosticta 'Variegata'
- Variegated Black SedgeCarex nigra
- Variegated Black SedgeCarex nigra 'Variegata'
- Variegated Palm SedgeCarex muskingumensis 'Ice Fountains'
W6
- Wachtposten Palm SedgeCarex muskingumensis 'Wachtposten'
- Water SedgeCarex aquatilis
- Weeping Sedge MoonrakerCarex pendula 'Moonraker'
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans
- Wood's SedgeCarex woodii
- Woolly SedgeCarex pellita
Y1
- Yellowfruit SedgeCarex annectens
Carex list questions
How many Carex varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 104 distinct Carex varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Carex varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Carex varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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