Carex oshimensis 'Everoro' is a compact evergreen sedge featuring striking variegated foliage with creamy yellow centers edged in deep green. It forms tidy arching mounds that bring year round texture and contrast to shaded and partially sunny borders. This cultivar maintains its color well through the seasons and serves as a refined edging or groundcover in woodland settings or formal beds.
Height & Spread: 10 - 12 in x 12 - 18 in
Bloom Time: Spring (inconspicuous flowers)
Light Requirements: Part shade to full shade
Soil Preference: Moist, well drained, humus rich soils
Watering Needs: Regular watering during dry spells for optimal foliage quality
Deer Resistance: Generally unpalatable to deer and rabbits
Native Status
Carex oshimensis is native to Japan. The 'Everoro' cultivar was selected for ornamental value and foliage color but retains many traits of the parent species.
WILDLIFE & INSECTS
Birds
- The dense foliage clumps provide cover and nesting shelter for small birds such as wrens and juncos especially in shaded and woodland areas.
Beneficial Insects
- Supports beneficial predatory beetles and spiders that overwinter in its base helping regulate pests in shade gardens naturally.
Spacing & Landscape Use
Spacing Recommendations:
- Plant 12 - 18 in apart to allow gentle spreading without overcrowding.
Landscape Placement:
- Ideal for edging shaded walkways, underplanting shrubs, or filling small woodland spaces with graceful texture and structure.
Companion Plants
- Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee' - Offers delicate purple spring blooms above bronzed foliage complementing the grassy mounds of Carex.
- Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' - Silvery patterned foliage lights up shade and echoes the creamy leaf variegation of Carex.
- Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' - Arching variegated stems create a rhythm in shade borders that pairs beautifully with Carex form.
- Helleborus 'Ivory Prince' - Upright hellebore blooms and thick foliage provide structure above the low growing sedge.
- Heuchera 'Obsidian' - Deep burgundy black foliage contrasts boldly against the light striped blades of 'Everoro'.