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Starved wood-sedge plant with delicate foliage

Cyperaceae

Carex depauperata: complete guide

Carex depauperata

Discover the Starved wood-sedge - a refined ornamental grass for shaded gardens. Learn how to successfully grow and maintain this elegant European wetland plant.

12 min

Fagaceae

Castanea crenata: complete guide

Castanea crenata

Discover the Japanese chestnut, a magnificent fruit tree for gardens. Learn all about growing, harvesting and caring for this Asian species.

12 min

Toughleaf dogwood with white flower clusters and green foliage in a hedge

Cornaceae

Toughleaf Dogwood: complete guide

Cornus asperifolia

Toughleaf dogwood is a suckering, thicket-forming shrub native to the southeastern US, ideal for wildlife hedges on damp, low-lying ground.

12 min

Leersia virginica white cutgrass growing along a shaded stream bank

Poaceae

White cutgrass: complete guide to Leersia virginica

Leersia virginica

Everything about Leersia virginica, the white cutgrass native to North America: ideal location, soil, care and use in moist gardens.

12 min

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