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Carex elata 'Bowle's Golden'
Sedge
Plant Type:
GRASSES & GRASS-LIKE PLANTSCarex elata ‘Bowle’s Golden’ – is a beautiful golden-foliaged sedge, each blade narrowly edged in green. Though ours are planted in fertile woodland conditions that drain well this is a grass that will be content with quite wet feet. Perhaps the lack of chlorophyll slows its establishment but it’s worth the wait as it lights up in the part sun, dappled sun to open shade sites it prefers. ‘Bowle’s Golden’ will be content planted in fertile moisture retaining soil. This lovely sedge is clumping. Its height is culture dependent. 'Bowle's Golden' perhaps comes from England, named for Edward Augustus Bowles. Division.
Height:
12-36 inCharacteristics and Attributes for Carex elata 'Bowle's Golden'
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / into Autumn
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
Light
- Full Sun
- Shade
- Dappled Shade
Attributes
- Border
- Edging
- Labyrinth
- Ground Cover
- Massing
- Woodland
- Natural Garden
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Medium
Soil
- Average
- Fertile
- Wet
- Adaptable
Propagated By
- Division
Genus Overview: Carex
We like all the sedges but among our favorites is Broad-leaved Sedge. So many sedges are tough, easy and can be as ornamental and utilitarian as they are good wildlife plants. Carex siderosticha stands out as an especially showy genus slowly forming dense carpets of relatively broad foliage from 1” to 2” wide growing 3” to 6” in length. Some cultivars may grow perhaps taller in optimum conditions. This useful sedge is certainly deciduous in northern gardens but planted in landscapes at the southern end of its range may be virtually evergreen. The inflorescences which are not very interesting sometimes emerge, however, with some pink in the stems. Grow it for the foliage. Plant in part to open shade in fertile soil. The genus Carex in Cyperaceae is large group including many numbers of species from all around the globe. Many are very important wildlife plants. And though the flowers are generally not beautiful the seeds feed many numbers of birds and small mammals. C. siderosticha, the species, originates in China. All of our Carex siderosticha cultivars are offered as pot-grown divisions.