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Article: Versatile sedges come in many shapes.(Home & Garden)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2001
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Byline: Pat Hollingsworth The Planter's Palette
Sedge is the plant that you are likely to be stepping on as you bend down to examine the beauty of its companion.
Why, you might ask, would I plant such a thing in the garden?
The reason is that sedges are a lot like hostas - utilitarian, indestructible and endlessly diverse. Gardeners are just beginning to understand their potential.
Usually categorized under ornamental grasses, sedges are grass- like plants that are found throughout the world and differ from true grasses in both flower and stem. Sedges are most often found in moist locations - on the edge, as it were - where forest and ...