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YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

Hi folks I don't remember planting this at all and have no idea what it is.  I thought it might be Liriope but it hasn't had any flowers. It's the dark green plant behind the varigated carex.

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Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    It has the look of Carex pendula. Can you get a closer shot?



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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Certainly not Liriope, not sure if it is a Carex.

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  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    Just googled it Nut and it could be carex pendula but I haven't seen any of the pendulous heads on it.  I'll get a closer photo when I go outside. Thanks for the help

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    Just found this photo taken in the summer, it's a closer shot.

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     It's the dark green plant on the left.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Looks like Carex pendula to me, but could be some other carex. Carex have a triangular profile with a ridge down the back. Have a feel tomorrowimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    It has got that triangular shape Nut so I am sure you are right (you usually areimage) I just can't remember planting it.  I have a few Carex in the garden but they are all variagated.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Variegated carex probably seed to green. They're not likely to seed true. Which ones have you got?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    Morowii Fishers Form and Oshimensis Everest

     

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I don't know the species forms well enough to ID, the seedling is much broader in leaf than the variegated one in the photo. The green versions always look (and are) more robust. Still looks too much like C. pendula to meimage

    I like Carex pendula, in my 2 acre wildlife haven it's lovely. In a normal garden it isn't



    In the sticks near Peterborough
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