carex elata 'aurea' (bowles golden sedge) lilac

carex elata 'aurea' (bowles golden sedge) lilacAKA carex stricta 'aurea' forms a clump of graceful arching fine foliage fine leaf blades are bright golden yellow with narrow green margins narrow male brown flower spikes form above stalkless female green spikes bloom time: june cool season grasses do the majority of their growing in early spring and start again when temperatures start to cool in the fall during the warmer summer months, they stop growing and some will even go dormant cool season

dense mound of relatively short wide green blades emerging from stems in the centre of the mound

bloom time: mid-spring

vase-shaped with vertical arching branches

reaching as far north as the mackenzie river delta

flower size: 22cm

leaves turn red and purple shades in the fall

clusters of trumpet-shaped

one of the first flowers to appear in the spring

well-drained soil in full sun

making it ideal for hedges

trumpet-shaped flowers with yellow blotches

bloom time: mid-summer