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Every Carex variety, A to Z
The complete Carex list, the genus most gardeners know as sedge — all 89 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
B9
- 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
C11
- California Meadow SedgeCarex pansa
- Carex SparklerCarex phyllocephala 'Sparkler'
- Carex The BeatlesCarex x hybrida 'The Beatles'
- Cherokee SedgeCarex cherokeensis
- 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
E8
- Eastern Woodland SedgeCarex blanda
- European wood sedgeCarex divulsa
- Everest SedgeCarex oshimensis 'EverColor 'Everest''
- Everest SedgeCarex hormoginosa 'Everest'
- Evergold Japanese SedgeCarex oshimensis 'Evergold'
- Evergold SedgeCarex 'Et Crx01'
- Everillo SedgeCarex omegata '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'
G4
- Gold Fountains SedgeCarex dolichostachya 'Kaga Nishiki'
- Gold Fountains SedgeCarex dolichostachya
- Goldband SedgeCarex morrowii 'Goldband'
- Gray SedgeCarex grayi
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
J3
- 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'
M2
- Morrison's SedgeCarex morrisonensis
- 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
R4
- Ravenfoot SedgeCarex crus-corvi
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Ribbon Falls Japanese SedgeCarex morrowii 'Ribbon Falls'
- Rosy SedgeCarex rosea
S11
- sedgeCarex conica
- Seersucker SedgeCarex plantaginea
- Shima-nishiki Variegated Broadleaf SedgeCarex siderosticta 'Shima-nishiki'
- Shortbeak SedgeCarex brevior
- Siderosticta sedgeCarex siderosticta
- Silk Tassel CarexCarex lanceolata 'Silk Tassel'
- Silver Scepter SedgeCarex x hybrida 'Silver Scepter'
- Snow Cap sedgeCarex carex flacca 'Snow Cap'
- Spark Plug SedgeCarex phyllocephala 'Spark Plug'
- Spring SedgeCarex graminea
- Spring Snow CarexCarex siderosticta 'Spring Snow'
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'
W5
- Wachtposten Palm SedgeCarex muskingumensis 'Wachtposten'
- Weeping Sedge MoonrakerCarex pendula 'Moonraker'
- Whitetinge SedgeCarex albicans
- Wood's SedgeCarex woodii
- Woolly SedgeCarex pellita
Carex list questions
How many Carex varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 89 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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