| Description | If grown properly can be bright spot in a semi-shaded garden area. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (KAIR-ex)(eh-LAH-ta) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Grass Ornamental |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | Needs some sun to bring out the golden color, but will burn if in full sun. |
| Moisture | Must be kept moist to wet. In dry soil the plants are much smaller and the foliage drys out. |
| Soil & Site | moist to wet |
| Flowers | The flowers are small, brown arching out of the foliage clump and are not of much ornamental value. |
| Leaves | Leaves are bright yellow in the spring through early summer, fading in the summer and returning to the nice color in the fall. Forms a clump of of 1/8 to 1/2 inch wide leaves. |
| Dimensions | In good growing conditions 2 by 2 feet. Larger in the warmer end of the hardiness zone. |
| Maintenance | removal of dead brown leaves |
| Propagation | division |
| Misc Facts | syn Carex acuta, Carex stricta |
| Author's Notes | I saw this plant at a nursery and in the containers under optimum growing conditions the plants were stunning. I found this beautiful foliage hard to maintain in the garden. |
| Notes & Reference | #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (John Greenlee), #222-The Encyclopedia of Grasses for Livable Landscapes (Rick Darke) |
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