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Description

Reliable garden colour across the year, these dramatic grass-like sedges thrive in all manner of garden scenarios, pots or beds, come rain or shine.

Sedges boast ornate strappy leaves, rising and arching from a central clump, very similar in nature and appearance to ornamental grasses. Introduce variegated colour to your garden with this trio of Carex �Everest�, �Everillo�, and �Eversheen�, featuring leaves in scaling shades of green, and even vibrant yellow.

Plus, summer brings brown flowers, which rise high from the plants. These hardy and dwarf natured varieties are suitable for a host of planting schemes, including containers, beds, and borders.

Supplied as a set of three established plants in 9cm pots, including one each of the following:

Carex �Everest� � Beautiful variegated leaves emerge on this sedge. Rich green leaves, edged and striped in white.
Carex �Everillo� � Vibrant yellow strappy leaves emerge from a central clump of foliage on �Everillo�. Young leaves are initially lime green, before evolving across the growing season to take on a yellow glow.
Carex �Eversheen� � Big and impressive leaves, each variegated with lime green centres and bordered in darker shades of green.

Top Tips

Each winter, comb through the foliage of these sedges to remove any foliage that has died, before snipping away any leaves in early summer. This will help to encourage fresh growth.

Care Information

Dig planting holes three times the width of the existing roots on each variety and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the holes and use this to re-fill once in place.
We've found that a square hole is better than a round one as the new roots, once they reach the edges, tend to grow in a circle round the circumference of the hole, whereas when they reach the corners of a square hole, they find it easier to grow through.
Before planting, soak the container-grown plants thoroughly and allow them to drain.
Remove the plants from each pot and tease out a few roots.
Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help the plants to establish quicker.
Place each in the holes to the same level as they were supplied in the nursery pots, refilling the holes with the earth removed (backfilling).
Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root balls, before watering well.
Mulch around the plant bases with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.
If you're planting into pots, place some old rocks, stones, or gravel in the bottom of the pot for drainage and ballast.
Use the best compost you can buy and include some sand or grit to boost drainage.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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