{"id":8811,"date":"2016-07-01T15:02:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8811"},"modified":"2016-07-01T15:02:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T19:02:26","slug":"silk-tassel-sedge-shimmers-in-shady-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/07\/01\/silk-tassel-sedge-shimmers-in-shady-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Silk Tassel\u2019 Sedge Shimmers In Shady Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8813\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Carex-morrowii-Silk-Tassel-7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8813\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8813\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8813\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Carex-morrowii-Silk-Tassel-7-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Carex-morrowii- ternofolia 'Silk-Tassel' at Ohio State Univ Gardens in Columbus, OH\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Carex-morrowii-Silk-Tassel-7-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Carex-morrowii-Silk-Tassel-7-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Carex-morrowii-Silk-Tassel-7-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carex morrowii temnolepis &#8216;Silk-Tassel&#8217; at Ohio State Univ Gardens in Columbus, OH<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>&#8216;<\/b>Silk Tassel\u2019 Japanese sedge (<em>Carex morrowii <\/em>var<em>. temnolepis<\/em>) is an ornamental sedge from Japan (USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9). It is grown in shady areas for its narrow, variegated foliage. It grows slowly as\u00a0a dense, grass-like clump to 12 -15 inches high and up to 2 feet spread.<\/p>\n<p>Foliage bubbles up like a shimmering water fountain of fine-textured variegated foliage. Silk Tassel has ultra\u00a0narrow, 1\/8 inch wide\u00a0thread-like leaves. Fine-textured leaves spill out over the ground. It has a soft, flowing, iridescent look and at first glance, may\u00a0appear to be a sparkling, silvery green mound. A silvery white stripe at center with dark green margins runs the length of the narrow blade. Tiny greenish-brown flower spikes appear in mid-spring and are inconspicuous, supported on triangular stems. Silk Tassel\u00a0is evergreen in the deep South.<\/p>\n<p>Silk Tassel offers a great accent for patios and decks in decorative containers, or plant close together in masses. It looks super planted in a rock garden, perhaps nearby a dark igneous\u00a0rock. It is easily grown in moist, moderately acidic, well-drained soils in partial day sunlight, preferably in morning or dappled light. Soil moisture is key, not too much(soupy) and never too dry.<\/p>\n<p>Mix this fine textured beauty with bold leaf perennials such as hostas, lungworts (<em>Pulmonaria spp<\/em>.), brunneras (<em>Brunnera<\/em>) and other broad-leaved shade loving perennials.<\/p>\n<p>Sedges may occasionally be troubled by aphids, and soil borne diseases such as\u00a0<em>Rhizoctonia<\/em>. Deer leave most sedges alone.<\/p>\n<p>Silk Tassel was introduced and named by Barry Yinger who brought it from Japan almost 30 years ago. It is primarily sold by mail order nurseries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Silk Tassel\u2019 Japanese sedge (Carex morrowii var. temnolepis) is an ornamental sedge from Japan (USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9). It is grown in shady areas for its narrow, variegated foliage. It grows slowly as\u00a0a dense, grass-like clump to 12 -15 inches high and up to 2 feet spread. Foliage bubbles up like a shimmering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1124,970,1037,778,674,628,551,625,843,729,1328,777,1210,630,646,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8811"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8818,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8811\/revisions\/8818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}