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Genus: C

Calamagrostis: reed grass
Calla: water calla; wild calla
Callicladium: (moss)
Caltha: marsh marigold; cowslip
Campanula: bluebells of Scotland; harebell
Campsis: trumpet creeper; trumpet vine
Camptosorus: walking fern
Carex: sedge
Cassia: Senna
Ceanothus: New Jersey tea; red root;wild snowball
Celastrus: American bittersweet
Cephalanthus: buttonbush
Cerastium: Chickweed
Ceratostigma: hardy plumbago
Cercis: eastern redbud tree
Chamaedaphne: cassandra; leatherleaf
Chamaemelum: Chamomile
Chasmanthium: northern sea oats
Cheilanthes: hairy lipfern
Chelone: Lyon's turtlehead; turtle-head
Chionanthus: fringetree
Chrysanthemum: ox-eye daisy; white daisy
Chrysogonum: golden star
Chrysopsis: Golden aster
Cladonia: reindeer moss
Clethra: summersweet; sweet pepperbush
Climacium: tree moss, umbrella moss
Conradina: Cumberland rosemary
Convallaria: lily-of-the-valley; pink-flowered lily-of-the-valley
Coptis: cankerroot; goldthread
Coreopsis: tickseed; stiff coreopsis
Cornus: Asian flowering dogwood; bunchberry; flowering dogwood; kousa dogwood; pagoda dogwood; alternate-leaved dogwood
Cymbopogon: citronella grass; lemon grass
Cyperus: umbrella sedge
Cystopteris: brittle fern; fragile fern

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Cyperus

(Cyperaceae - sedge family family)

About 600 species of annual and perennial herbs, mostly grass-like wetland plants of warm regions. A few are cultivated for ornament, food or fiber.

flabelliformis

peren • 3-5' • zones 8 to 10

umbrella sedge

moist - wet, sun
Africa

An interesting ornamental, umbrella sedge develops a cluster of stems, each with a whorl of leaves at the top. The overall effect is somewhat like a grove of miniature palm trees. Grows well in moist to wet soil or shallow water. Will winter over in colder areas as long as it is protected from hard freezing. Can also be wintered by taking cuttings of the leafy stem summits and placing them in water - new plants will develop at the leaf bases.

cat # 8F3H
$7.95 each