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Pleioblastus fortunei
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(Dwarf Whitestripe Bamboo, Running Bamboo)

Short, groundcover bamboos are highly versatile in the garden, but when you add a white stripe to the leaves, as this species does, the value doubles. This species is found in woodland edges of forests in China and Japan, indicatings its preference for acidic soils and a good deal of shade. Many other variegated bamboos are unreliably striped but this one’s snow-white stripe is more consistent. The root system of this species is compact, offering very little potential for invasiveness, a welcome...

Pleioblastus viridistriatus
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James H. Schutte

(Dwarf Greenstripe Bamboo, Running Bamboo)

Wherever this bright bamboo grows, it literally jumps out of its surroundings to become the focal point of the garden. Many consider it the first and finest of all yellow stripe bamboos. It is a knee to thigh-tall species found at woodland edges of Japan and China illustrating a preference for moist forest floor conditions and moderate exposure. The leaves bear a strong yellow or chartreuse coloring with dark green pin stripes for a bold look. Occasionally an all yellow cane may appear. Clums emerge...

Scirpus tabernaemontani
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(Softstem Bulrush)

This softstem bulrush is among the most common plants of American wetlands. It is native to all of temperate North America, growing in the shallows along the margins of lakes, rivers and streams. This plant is typically partly or wholly submerged and grows in massive colonies that help protect against shore erosion and offer high-quality habitat for wildlife. Bulrush grows as an olive-green round stem about the diameter of a human thumb that can grow to overhead height at maturity. It has small sheath-like...

Uncinia rubra
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(Red Hook Sedge)

Grassy evergreen clumps of shiny maroon leaves on short stems make this New Zealand native a dramatic presence in the garden. The slowly expanding, calf-high tussock of strap-shaped leaves gives rise in summer to clusters of brown flowers followed by attractive black seedheads. The greenish red to maroon stems are triangular in cross section.

Grow this tender sedge relative in full to part sun and damp rich soil. It sulks in dry conditions. It may self-sow modestly. Combine this colorful plant...

Uncinia rubra 'Firedance'
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Bosh Bruening

(Red Hook Sedge)

An especially showy selection of a colorful New Zealand native, 'Firedance' enlivens the garden with its grassy, evergreen, compact tussocks of shiny maroon foliage. The strap-shaped leaves are borne on slowly expanding clumps of short red-brown stems that are triangular in cross section. In summer clusters of brown flowers appear, followed by attractive black seedheads.

Grow this tender sedge relative in full to part sun and damp rich soil. It sulks in dry conditions. It may self-sow modestly....