Carex conica marginata Edible the Japanese painted fern colors

the Japanese painted fern colors best with a little direct morning sun

A native of China

who has always had an eye for the right word

with leaves that are narrower

The reward is quieter and rarer than a japonica in full flush: fine

Carex conica marginata Edible the Japanese painted fern colorsCarex conica 'Marginata' is a miniature evergreen sedge, a tidy, tufted, grass like clump of narrow dark green blades, each finely edged in silver white. At close range the effect is crisp and jewel like, a low cushion of fine texture that holds color and form the year round in mild winters. Small in every dimension, the plant is made for the front of the picture: a rock garden, the gap between paving stones, the edge of a shaded path, a trough, or a