Carex EverColor 'Everest' features crisp white and green variegated blades that form soft mounds of arching foliage. Its elegant texture brightens shaded spaces and adds year round interest in mild climates. The tidy clumps resist flopping and require minimal maintenance to look polished across seasons.
Height & Spread: 12 - 18 in x 12 - 18 in
Bloom Time: Late spring
Light Requirements: Full shade to part sun
Soil Preference: Moist, well drained soil; tolerates clay and loam
Watering Needs: Moderate; benefits from consistent moisture
Deer Resistance: Deer resistant
Native Status
This cultivar is derived from Carex oshimensis, a sedge species native to Japan, and is used widely in ornamental plantings.
WILDLIFE & INSECTS
Butterflies
- Provides shelter and low growing protection for butterfly larvae and chrysalises especially in layered plantings.
Bees
- Provides early season foraging habitat and structure for native solitary bees to rest among mounding foliage.
Beneficial Insects
- Supports ground beetles, predatory wasps, and lacewings by offering refuge within dense clumps.
Spacing & Landscape Use
Spacing Recommendations:
- Space 12 - 18 in apart for uniform edging or soft massed ground layers.
Landscape Placement:
- Useful in containers, shady borders, or foundation plantings to add evergreen color and texture contrast.
Companion Plants
- Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' - Graceful white edged foliage echoes the variegation of Carex Everest.
- Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' - Soft, lime green foliage complements and contrasts against variegated Carex.
- Brunnera macrophylla - Large, heart shaped leaves provide bold foliage texture in similar conditions.
- Epimedium x rubrum - Adds delicate spring flowers and semi evergreen foliage in filtered shade.
- Hosta 'Halcyon' - Cool blue foliage contrasts well with 'Everest' and thrives in shade.