Shade Gardening: How well does Carex Ice Dance do in shade?, 3 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
I have had Carex 'Ice Dance for perhaps 5 years. I have it in dry full shade under a Laurel hedge gone wild, and it is watered occasionally. Hakonechloa died there, I think it wanted more water. The 'Ice Dance for me stays evergreen, I doubt it would do that for you. The clumps expand slowly, after all this time maybe 2 feet across, and I get a few sprouts a foot or two away. Here in Seattle it can grow nearly year-round, but is under drought stress for many months as we get almost no rain from May-Oct, and it rarely even gets to the ground as the evergreen hedge soaks it up. The variegation is very stable, I have never had a reversion to all green. It is never fabulous or showy, but always looks good. The upright stiff growth is quite a different effect from Hakonechloa. I like this plant very much, I never do anything to it and I consider it one of my easiest plants here. The instructions said it likes moist soil, perhaps it would expand faster but I have never placed it in those conditions.
Here it is today, after a truly prolonged drought.