Carex, Japanese Grass Sedge, Sedge 'Ice Dance'

Our garden is in a suburb of Mpls. I planted two on a East facing hill side two years ago. The first winter, a plant halfway down the h...Read Moreillside died but the one farther up the hillside survived. There is more snow cover this year and so far, the winter has not been as cold.

I think this is a stunning plant in a shady area. Hopefully, it will make it this year.

This pretty carex can be agressive. I made the mistake of letting it loose in a partly shaded bed with even moisture and good soil. It...Read More promply took over and started choking out everything. Digging it up was quite a chore. Planting it in dry shade seems to keep it in bounds. On the plus side, deer have never bothered it in my woodland garden, and they have eaten almost everything else I grow at one time or another.

Easily transplanted and propagated through division and grows in thick clumps but does branch out with rhizomes. Good color combination o...Read Moref solid green and white.

Will be keeping an eye on it to see how much it spreads. I think the key is to watch and tend such plants and if it gets too large to dig it up and share or plant elsewhere.

I've had it for 3 seasons. It's not aggressive where it is, a full shade dry spot on a north facing slope. The other plant was in a half-...Read Moreshade on an east facing slope and it did not show much progress so far. This season I had babies that went 2-3" from the mother plant. The runners are rather think. It seems that long cold winters and lack of water keep it under control for me so far.

What I like about this plant in my zone so far is that it lasts well into the winter when most of the other plants are gone dormant.