Carex picta Bama Beauty Africa Hosta 'Surfer Dude' is adorned

Hosta 'Surfer Dude' is adorned with 30" spikes of splendid

speckled with pale lavender flecks and edged with dramatic jagged bicuspids

starting for us in mid-March with abundance of blue-lavender flowers

by Florida plantsman

also great as a houseplant in a sunny window

Carex picta Bama Beauty Africa Hosta 'Surfer Dude' is adornedI'm not sure how we've missed growing this beauty for so many years, but we are pleased to share Zac Hill's collection of Carex picta from Calhoun County, Alabama. Carex picta, one of the few dioecious sedges (he plants and she plants) can be found in the wild from Indiana south to Mississippi in average to dry woodland slopes. In the garden, this evergreen, tight clumping sedge has formed an 8" tall x 20" wide evergreen clump. Our 2024 Plant Delights